The Federalists Era

Question 1

Alien Act
Naturalization Act
Sedition Act

Answer 1

Alien Act: Allowed presidents to imprison aliens and send those he considered dangerous out of the country.
Naturalization Act: Required that aliens be resident for 14 years instead of 5 before they became eligible for U.S. citizenship
Sedition Act: Made it a crime to speak, write, or publish “false, scandalous, and malicious” criticisms of the government