Why was the espionage act, the trading with the enemy act and sedition act passed during world war 1

T he law was extended on May 16, 1918, by the Sedition Act of 1918-actually a set of amendments to the Espionage Act - which prohibited many forms of speech, including "any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States.