Question

Why do you think Americans (particularly Federalists) were so outraged when the French Diplomats sought bribes (money in exchange for negotiating) from the American Government (in the XYZ Affair)?

If new immigrants from Europe were coming to the United States and many became farmers, why do you think that The Alien Acts would particularly impact the Democratic Republican Parties supporters (and not the supporters of the Federalist Party)?

What do you think of the Sedition Act? Should the government be able to pass laws limiting free speech (of both citizens and news organizations) and the ability to criticize the president? Why or why not?

Thomas Jefferson Questions:

What are three actions that Jefferson took (or specifically didn’t take) that would have further divided the country and angered Federalists?


Even though the Constitution doesn’t say anything about buying land to add to the size of the United States, why would Jefferson do it anyway? In other words, how did having more land fit with the Democratic Republican (and Jefferson’s own) view of what sort of nation we should be?


What is so important about the concept of “Judicial Review” which is established by the US Supreme Court in the Marbury v. Madison case? How might this have affected the Sedition Act if it existed in 1798 when it was signed into law by President John Adams?


Why were New England Merchants (and those in port cities across the country) so mad about the Embargo Act of 1807?

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