<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_the_United_States" id="mwYA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Censorship in the United States">Censorship in the United States</a>: The U.S. Congress enacts the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comstock_Law" id="mwYQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Comstock Law">Comstock Law</a>, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.