Member's received illegal kickbacks. Those kickbacks from oil companies made some members rich men and the scandal broke etc
<span>Opium Wars : gave Britain control of Hong Kong.</span>
These were the Alien and Sedition Acts.
<u>Alien</u>
- allowed the president to imprison and deport non-citizens who were deemed dangerous
<u>Sedition</u>
- criminalized making false statements that were critical of the federal government
It increased the demand for slave labor to grow cotton.
