1. Alien and Sedition Acts

2. Religion
Assemble
Petition
Press
Speech

3. FIRST AMENDMENT
shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances

4. FIRST AMENDMENT
religion
assembly
press
petition
speech

5. ALIEN
a person from another country who has moved to America but has not become a citizen yet

6. France and Great Britain
4. What two countries wanted the United States to take sides in their disagreement?
France and Great Britain
5. Who were the major US Federalist political leaders at this time?
George Washington, John Adams, and Alexander Hamilton

7. the mob rule and confiscation of property
6. What did they want to create and for who?
Create a stable, secure country, safe for business and wealthy men of property
7. What did they dislike about the French Revolution?
the mob rule and confiscation of property

8. poor farmers, craftsmen, and recent immigrants
8. Who were the major US Anti-Federalist political leaders at this time?
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
9. Who did they represent?
poor farmers, craftsmen, and recent immigrants

9. DEMOCRATIC IDEALS TOOK A NEUTRAL STANCE
10. What did they support about the French Revolution?
DEMOCRATIC IDEALS
11. Which side did George Washington and John Adams take between Great Britain and France?
TOOK A NEUTRAL STANCE

10. required the president and vice-president to run together FOR ELECTION
12. What did the 12th Amendment do?
required the president and vice-president to run together FOR ELECTION
13. How did the American people feel about the X, Y, Z Affair?
sympathies toward France began to wane concerned with the rise of Napoleon and French attempts to spread their revolution in Europe, AND Rumors of French invasion and enemy spies frightened many Americans

11. to weaken Jefferson’s Democrat-Republican Party
14. What reason did the Federalist give for passing the Alien and Sedition Acts?
to make the United States more secure from alien spies and domestic traitors.
15. What is an ALIEN?
a person from another country who has moved to America but is not a citizen yet
16. What was the other reason they were passed?
to weaken Jefferson’s Democrat-Republican Party

12. 17. Who were these acts aimed at (what groups of people) (3)?
aimed at immigrants, male citizens of an enemy nation, and any non-citizen suspected of plotting against the government during either wartime or peacetime
18. How did it change the time requirement to becoming a citizen?
5 to 14 years

13. 19. What could happen to you if you violated these laws. (3 things)
19. What could happen to you if you violated these laws? (3 things)? arrested, detained, and/or deported (sent back to their home country) 20. How many people were charged under the Alien Enemies and Friends Acts? None

14. 21. What does SEDITION mean
21. What does SEDITION mean? inciting others to resist or rebel against lawful authority 22. What did The Sedition Act make it illegal to do? outlawed conspiracies--made it illegal for anyone to express malicious writings against the government and punished any spoken or published words that had “bad intent” to “defame” the government

15. 23. What were the penalties for violating The Sedition Act
23. What were the penalties for violating The Sedition Act? six months to five years in prison and a fine of up to $5, How did Thomas Jefferson define free speech? the right of Americans “to think freely and to speak and write what they think.”

16. 25.Male ages 14 and up who are not citizens of the United states and are citizens of a country we are at war with

17. 26. No -only during war time

18. 27. No

19. 28. The courts

20. 29. They could be given a fine of up to $5,000 dollars and a jail term of 6 months to 5 years

21. 30. Circle A, B, and C

22. 31. To keep people from criticizing them and to weaken the Democrat- Republican party

23. 32. Yes 33. March 3, 1801 34. YES—ASSEMBLY-PETITION-PRESS- SPEECH

24. CASE STUDY 1—MATHEW LYON
35. first person to be tried under the Sedition Act
36. Republican congressman --objected to paying a land tax to pay for war preparations.
37. wrote a letter published in a Republican newspaper criticizing President Adams

25. 38. indicted and tried for intentionally stirring up hatred against Adams 39. jury found Lyon guilty of expressing seditious words with “bad intent.” 40. four months in jail, a $1,000 fine, and court costs

26. 41. ran for re-election to Congress from his jail cell and won--When he was released from jail he was welcomed back as a hero--Efforts to expel him from Congress failed 42. Your opinion with evidence

27. Case study 2—William duane 43
Case study 2—William duane 43. Democratic-Republican editor of the Philadelphia newspaper, Aurora 44. published the text of the proposed bill to change vote counting in the Aurora, along with several editorials attacking the Federalists

28. 45. making “false, scandalous, defamatory, and malicious assertions
45. making “false, scandalous, defamatory, and malicious assertions.” 46. Because Thomas Jefferson was a Democratic-Republican

29. 47. went into hiding, and secretly continued writing for his newspaper 48. The Sedition Act expired on March 3, 1801 and Jefferson a Democrat-Republican had been elected president

30. 49. a well known lawyer, political philosopher, and newspaper editor in Sunbury, Pennsylvania--An Anti- Federalist (Democrat-Republican) 5o. wrote a newspaper ARTICLE sharply critical of President John Adams

31. 51. charges publishing false, scandalous and malicious libel against the president –Found guilty 52. fined $400, sentenced to 6 months in prison 53. Most of the rest of his career was spent as college president and professor, at Dickinson College, The University of Pennsylvania, and the University of South Carolina.

32. 54. Your opinion with evidence 55. Your opinion with evidence