HIST 2055 : Hist 2055 Exam 2 SG
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Alien and sedition acts: -1798; in the alien act, the president can order the deportation of any enemy alien out of the country. The sedition act is defined as a high conspiracy the attempt to undermine authority; the govt. is working in an unlawful matter. Ordered the jailing of newspaper editors that published the editorials of the naval war and jailing them was a violation of the first amendment (freedom of speech). Adam"s pieces of legislation; he sought to get these two passed and did in 1798. Thomas jefferson held them all to be unconstitutional and void, then pardoned and ordered the release of all who had been convicted of violating them. American system : system which calls for a strong national bank that is a safe-guard, a high protective tariff to give american industry a competitive chance against british industry. America worried about to other industrial nation besides britain.
