Why did Federalists target immigrants in the Alien and Sedition Acts?

History

2 answers:

ololo11 [35]3 years ago

8 0

Answer:

Most immigrants supported the Republicans

Explanation:

The Alien and Sedition acts were established under the excuse that war with France was inevitable, and therefore, it was necessary to protect the country from seditious and treasonous individuals. This, however, was mostly a way to weaken Thomas Jefferson's influence and chances to win the upcoming elections, since most immigrants openly supported him.

You can see that the 4th of these laws was the Sedition Act, and its only purpose was to directly punish those who speak against the Federalists.

UNO [17]3 years ago

4 0

Most immigrants were not citizens

You might be interested in

The people's party was founded to do what?

Ivan

Answer:

They wanted to end the influence of big business, they wanted the government to own railroads, telephone, and telegraph systems, backed the 8 hour work day, and limits on immigration.

5 0

4 years ago

Read 2 more answers

What group of people moved from voting for the Republican party to the democrat party.

Soloha48 [4]

Answer:

You didn't give us enough information to answer the question but I know a few veterans who voted for Trump in 2016 but didn't in 2020 due to his disrespect of veterans.

Explanation:

7 0

3 years ago

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 addressed the issue of statehood in the Northwest Territory by

devlian [24]

Answer:

Your answer should be A: forcing existing states to give up claims to land in the territory.

Explanation:

Hope this helped :)

5 0

3 years ago

Read 2 more answers

Read this excerpt, then answer the question that follows.

victus00 [196]

Answer:

first and last

Explanation:

5 0

3 years ago

Why did Victor Hugo want to become a writer?

Sidana [21]

Because he travelled a lot

5 0

3 years ago