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During world war i, congress passed the __________ act of 1917, which made it a crime to obstruct military recruiting

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The word to fill the blank space is "Espionage".
Complete sentence is as below:
During world war i, congress passed the Espionage act of 1917, which made it a crime to obstruct military recruiting.

It was originally found in Title 50 of the U.S. Code (War) but is now found under Title 18, Crime.

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