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go to this website: http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0616-03.htm
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* The Alien and Sedition Acts caused the Democratic-Republican newspapers to become more popular than ever, and turned the inebriated Luther Baldwin into a national celebrity. In like fashion, progressive websites and Talk Shows are today proliferating across the internet, and victims of no-fly laws and illegal arrests at anti-Bush rallies are often featured on the web and on radio programs like Democracy Now. * The day Adams signed the Acts, Thomas Jefferson left town in protest. Even though Jefferson was Vice President, and could theoretically benefit from using the Acts against his own political enemies, he and James Madison continued to protest and work against them. Jefferson wrote the text for a non-binding resolution against the Acts that was adopted by the Kentucky legislature, and James Madison wrote one for Virginia that was adopted by that legislature. Today, in similar fashion, over 100 communities across America have adopted resolutions against Bush's Patriot Act, and, in the spirit of Matthew Lyon, Vermont Congressman Bernie Sanders has introduced legislation to repeal parts of the Act. * Jefferson beat Adams in the election of 1800 as a wave of voter revulsion over Adams' phony and self-serving "patriotism" swept over the nation (along with concerns about Adams' belligerent war rhetoric against the French). Today, even a minor appearance by Howard Dean or Dennis Kucinich - both on record for repealing much or all of the Patriot Act - draws a large crowd. There's a growing conviction across the nation that Dean - or possibly another non-DLC Democrat - can defeat Bush in 2004. * When Jefferson exposed Adams as a poseur and tool of the powerful elite, the rot within Adams' Federalist Party was exposed along with it. The Federalists lost their hold on Congress in the election of 1800, and began a 30-year slide into total disintegration (later to be reincarnated as Whigs and then as Republicans). Today, as the Tom Delay and Roy Blount bribery scandals widen, tax cuts for the rich are understood for what they are, and the corporate takeover of America is alarming average citizens, the rot in the Republican Party is more and more obvious. Americans are demanding representation for We, The People, and non-DLC Democrats, Greens, and Progressives can offer it. * In what came to be known as "The Revolution of 1800" or "The Second American Revolution," Thomas Jefferson freed all the men imprisoned by Adams as one of his first acts of office. Jefferson even reimbursed the fines they'd paid - with interest - and granted them a formal pardon and apology. Today, undoing the Patriot Act and kicking corporate money out of Washington D.C. have become popular progressive and Democratic campaign themes.
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What political party was in power when the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed?
The political party which was in power when the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed was the Federalists.
What was so upsetting about the Alien and Sedition Acts?
The Alien and Sedition Acts worked to suppress voters who did not agree with the Federalists. They effectively led to the election of Thomas Jefferson.
Who repealed the alien and sedition acts?
Thomas Jefferson
Who officially challenged the alien and sedition acts?
the government.
What did congress pass the alien and sedition acts?
1798
How has the patriot act helped America?
The benefits of the Patriot Act are debatable, as those of the Alien and Sedition Acts once were.
What law did the president John Adam pass in order to protect the country from enemy foreign nations?
I think you are referring to the Alien and Sedition acts, particularly the Alien acts.
Who did the alien and sedition act benefit?
The alien and sedition acts befitted Federalists because they could not be spoken of badly since the alien and sedition acts banned any criticism of the government.
How did the democratic-republicans react to the alien and sedition act?
Democratic-Republicans fought the Alien and Sedition acts.
What lawas did president john Adams pass in order to protect the country from enemy foreign nations?
I think you are referring to the Alien and Sedition acts, particularly the Alien acts.
Who was against the alien and sedition act?
The Republicans supported the Alien Act and they opposed the Sedition Act. The Federalist liked the Sedition Act because it was supposed to destroy the Republicans.
Which branch of government passed the Alien and Sedition Acts?
The branch of government that passed the Alien and Sedition Acts was the Legislative Branch.
Are the Alien and Sedition Acts in the Constitution?
no....... ==
The idea of states' rights was promoted by the?
The idea of states' rights was promoted by the Alien and Sedition Acts. answer zoz.
What political party was in power when the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed?
The political party which was in power when the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed was the Federalists.
How did the republicans view the alien and sedition acts?
The democratic republicans viewed the alien and sedition acts by the misuse of the government powers unconstitutional
Where did John Adams sign the alien and sedition act?
John Adams signed the Alien and Sedition Act in 1798.
