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During World War I, if an artist published an editorial cartoon criticizing the American entry into the war, that artist was guilty of
espionage.
sedition.
deportation.
anarchy.

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sedition.

The Espionage Act (1917) and especially the Sedition Act amendment (1918) criminalized public criticism of the government or the war effort, so such a cartoon would be treated as seditious.