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Alien and Sedition Laws Summary
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Enacted in 1798, the Alien and Sedition Laws were the nation's first legislative acts designed to stifle political dissent in wartime. Congress enacted four laws to discourage domestic criticism and protest of the "Quasi-War"...
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U.s. Congress: the Alien and Sedition Acts Summary
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U.s. Congress Excerpt from The Alien and Sedition Acts Passed in June and July 1798 Published in Documents of American History, edited by Henry S. Commager, 1943 The Jay Treaty opened trade with Britain and brought Britain and the United States closer...
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Alien and Sedition Acts Information
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The Alien and Sedition Acts were four laws passed by the Federalists in the United States Congress in 1798 during the administration of President John Adams, which was waging an undeclared naval war with France, later known as the Quasi-War. Proponents...


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Phi Delta Kappan
Second fiddle to fear.(Alien and Sedition Act of 1798)(teaching immigration law)
04/01/2006: 539 words, approx. 2 pages
Most of us believe that by learning about the past, students can better prepare for the future. As a teacher of U.S. history, I certainly believed it, and for seven years I enthusiastically led my students on an exploration of the American past--until history...
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Film: An alien act
07/31/1997: 1,224 words, approx. 4 pages
The history of special effects in the cinema is, to a large extent, the history of the reaction shot. How often would 1950s audiences have believed in the monster without the screams of the hero's girl? Screaming is currently out of fashion, now that...
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The New York Observer
Thin-Skinned Founding Father-And a Great Junk-Bond Salesman
3/13/2005: 1,399 words, approx. 5 pages
John Adams: Party of One, by James Grant. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 544 pages, $30. Any biography of John Adams that works anxiety, insecurity, worry and dread into its first paragraph is off on the right track. A host of superlatives attach themselves to our...
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Ted Olson Joins Floyd Abrams In Time-Times Case
5/1/2005: 3,879 words, approx. 13 pages
It was quiet on Floyd Abrams' side of the thick door leading into the television studio. On the other side, Jon Stewart was warming up the young, rowdy crowd perched in the bleachers to watch the live-to-tape production of The Daily Show. The famed First...
 


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Essay Grade: 95%
Two Sides to Every Story
850 words, approx. 3 pages
Essay describes the contrasting points of view between the Jeffersonians and the Federalists regarding The Alien and sedition Acts.
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Essay Grade: 83%
The Alien and Sedition Acts
766 words, approx. 3 pages
A look at the controversies that resulted from the Alien and Sedition Acts, created in 1798 by the Federalist Party in the wake of opposition by the Democratic-Republicans.
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Essay Grade: 81%
The 1977 DBQ
737 words, approx. 3 pages
The 1790s was a decade of international crisis and domestic dissension. The Alien and Sedition Acts were very controversial acts that were passed to respond to the crises. Deep divisions in politics combined with distrust in foreign nations and growing domestic turmoil paved the way for the passing of the Alien and Sedition Acts by the Federalists.


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