Political Parties and The Acts

Identify the second president of the United States

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Samuel Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

Event where American diplomats were met by three French agents, referred to as X, Y, and Z, who demanded a bribe in order to stop attacking the American ships

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

• French Revolution

• XYZ Affair

laws that were meant to make it more difficult for immigrants (aliens) to become citizens and to punish those who spoke out against the government

• Theory of States Right

• Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• Nullification

argued that the federal government did not have the authority to exercise power it was not specifically given by the Constitution and that this act violated the First Amendment

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

• Theory of States Right

This act violated the First Amendment by trying to restrict the freedoms of speech and press.

• Alien Act

• Sedition Act

• Theory of States Right

argued that states had the right to nullify, or cancel, the federal laws. The ability of the states to nullify federal laws they felt were unconstitutional.

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

• Theory of States Right

To cancel a federal law that is unconstitutional

• to nullify

• to get rid of

• to do away with

• to make it disappear

Led by Thomas Jefferson

• Federalist Party

• Democratic-Republican Party

supported a loose interpretation of the Constitution

• Federalist Party

• Democratic-Republican Party

led by Alexander Hamilton

• Federalist Party

• Democratic-Republican