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What group was the target of alien and sedition acts of 1798?
immagrants
What group was the target of the alien and the sedition acts of 1798?
The Federalists Administration.
What group was the target of the alien and sedition acts of 1798?
The Alien and Sedition Act targeted aliens, or immigrants who were not yet citizens of the United States.
Did congress pass the alien and sedition acts in an effort to protect the security of the nation?
The Federalists responded with the strict laws to protect the nation's security. In 1798 they passed a group of measures known as the Alien and Sedition Acts.
What group of essays supported passage of the US Constitution?
The Federalist papers
What group of essays supported passage of the US constitutions?
The Federalist papers
What was the effect on the sedition act?
The "Alien and Sedition Acts" are a group of four acts: The Naturalization Act, The Alien Act, The Alien Enemies Act, and The Sedition Act. The Naturalization Act made all immigrants have to stay in the United States for 14 years to become citizens, instead of the previous 5. The Alien Act allowed the deportation of certain immigrants who were deemed dangerous. The Alien Enemies Act allowed the deportation of citizens if the US was at war with their mother country. The sedition act broke the freedom of speech by illegalizing "false, scandalous, and malicious writing" about the government of of officials.
What was one effect of the alien sedition act?
To limit the power of the Democratic Republican Party.
Was Charles Evans Hughes a socialist?
No, Charles Evans Hughes was not a socialist. In 1920, he defended a group of socialists accused of sedition under the draconian Alien and Sedition Act and won an acquittal for them in court. Insisting people to the left of center receive the same constitutional protections as people to the right of center does not make one a socialist.
How would you use the word sedition in a sentence?
The posters were removed from the facility due to their sedition intent. The posters were removed from the facility due to their sedition intent.
What were the Alien Acts?
The two Alien Acts were half of the Alien And Sedition Acts passed by Congress and signed by President John Adams. The Alien Friends Act allowed the President to imprison or deport aliens who were citizens or subjects of a friendly country and were considered "dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States" at any time. The Alien Enemies Act authorized the president to do the same to any male citizen of a hostile nation above the age of fourteen during times of war. The Alien Friends Act was repealed by Congress during the administration of Thomas Jefferson. With some modification, the Alien Enemies Act is still in force.
What group was most affected by the sedition act?
The Democratic Republicans were most affected
