The Alien and Sedition Acts

A series of four laws passed by the U.S. Congress in 1798 amid widespread fear that war with France was imminent. The four laws–which remain controversial to this day–restricted the activities of foreign residents in the country and limited freedom of speech and of the press.

• The Alien and Addition Acts

• The Alien and UFO Acts

• The Alien and Sedition Acts

• The Alien and Planet Acts

The act where Congress increased residency requirements for U.S. citizenship to 14 years from five. (Many recent immigrants and new citizens favored the Republicans.)

• Alien Enemies Act

• Naturalization Act

• Sedition Act

• Alien Friends Act

The act permitted the government to arrest and deport all male citizens of an enemy nation in the event of war

• Alien Enemies Act

• Naturalization Act

• Sedition Act

• Alien Friends Act

The act allowed the president to deport any non-citizen suspected of plotting against the government, even in peacetime.

• Alien Enemies Act

• Naturalization Act

• Sedition Act

• Alien Friends Act

The act took direct aim at those who spoke out against Adams or the Federalist-dominated government. The new law outlawed any “false, scandalous and malicious writing” against Congress or the president, and made it illegal to conspire “to oppose any measure or measures of the government.”

• Alien Enemies Act

• Naturalization Act

• Sedition Act

• Alien Friends Act

The Sedition Act infringed on the which amendment of the constitution.

• The First Amendment

• The Second Amendment

• The Third Amendment

• The Fourth Amendment

Which rights did the Sedition Act go against in the First Amendment?

• Freedom of Speech

• Freedom of Religion

• Freedom of the Press

• Freedom of Assembly

The Alien Enemies Act allowed the government to arrest and deport whom from the country?

• All male citizens of an enemy nation in the event of war

• All citizens of an enemy nation in the event of war

• All female citizens of an enemy nation in the event of war

• All child citizens of an enemy nation in the event of war

The Alien Friends Act allowed the president to deport non-citizens of the country only in wartime...

• True

• False

How long did you have to live in the U.S. before you could become a citizen under the Naturalization Act?

• 12 years

• 14 months

• 14 years

• 12 months