What authority was given to the postmaster general under the espionage and sedition acts? to arrest those who protested the war to sentence violators with large fines to deport those who broke the law to hold any mail that violated the acts

The correct answer is D) to hold any mail that violated the acts.

The authority that was given to the postmaster general under the Espionage and Sedition Acts was to hold any mail that violated the acts.

The Espionage Act was passed by Congress in June 1917. One year later, in June 1919, Congress passed the Sedition Act.  During this period of World War 1, the U.S. government wanted to limit and prohibit any interference with all the military strategies and operations and punish the enemies of the nation that tried to insubordinate. One example of this acts was that  the authority that was given to the postmaster general under the Espionage and Sedition Acts was to hold any mail that violated the acts.

im pretty sure it has something to do with the end of ww1

the conditions that made the byzantine empire vulnerable to attacks by the muslin turks were the sack of constantinople by western crusaders, the conquests of the sultanate of rum, presence of rival kingdoms and finally the set up of fiefdoms at the empire which were owned by the ghazis (turkish warriors).