HIS 315K Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Alien And Sedition Acts, Kentucky And Virginia Resolutions, Embargo Act Of 1807
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Suppressing dissent: alien and sedition acts, 1798. Definition: trying to demine the government in power; conduct or speech. Increased the waiting time for becoming a us citizen from 5 years to 14. Sedition inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or a monarch. Alien act safety of the county in peace time. Directed against jeffersonian republicans who were criticizing foreign. President can expel a foreigner through to be dangerous to the peace and. Citizens could be fined or jailed if they criticized the government. Violation of the first amendment of the constitution. In wartime arrest, imprison, and deport any alien subject to enemy: partisan legislation. Alien and sedition was partisan legislation: virginia and kentucky resolutions, 1798, 1799. States have the right to interpose for arresting the progress of evil in the. Thomas jefferson elected president, 1800: basic. Didn"t change anything about the bank of the united states.
