Production and distribution of obscene materials was a crime throughout most of the United States by the
A)mid-1700s.
B)mid-1800s.
C)early 1900s.
D)mid-1900s.

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In the mid-1800s, most states began passing laws against the production and distribution of obscene materials. Obscenity was not considered protected speech under the First Amendment until the mid-1900s, when the Supreme Court began to clarify the constitutional limits on obscenity laws.

Production and Distribution of Obscene Materials Was a Crime Throughout