What was the civilian population's reaction to increased government powers during world war 1

During WWI, United States government propaganda was successful at persuading some American's to support the war by capitalizing on commonly felt anxieties and prejudices toward radicals, immigrants, and pacifists, but the country was divided as the opposition to the war and conscription was widespread in the labor and socialist movements. The government passed The Espionage and Sedition Acts which were used to suppress dissent and violate civil liberties. The Americans who were influenced by jingoistic propaganda generally supported the government's power to crush dissent.