Those who opposed giving the federal government more power than the states were known as the "Anti-Federalists", since they did not want to ratify the Constitution, which would have done this.
I believe that the 15th Amendment granted suffrage (the right to vote) to African American men.
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The primary goal of the Alien and Sedition Acts was "To limit criticisms of the government" since the new nation was still relatively fragile. Many argued that these acts blatantly violated the first amendment.
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