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  2. Alien and Sedition Acts - Wikipedia

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    Alien Friends Act of 1798. The Alien and Sedition Acts were a set of four laws enacted in 1798 that applied restrictions to immigration and speech in the United States. [a] The Naturalization Act of 1798 increased the requirements to seek citizenship, the Alien Friends Act of 1798 allowed the president to imprison and deport non-citizens, the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 gave the president ...

  3. Federalist Era - Wikipedia

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    These acts were four bills passed in 1798 by the Federalist Congress and signed into law by Adams. These acts placed heavy restrictions on immigrants, especially those from France and Ireland, as these were both countries that were predominately Republican.

  4. Naturalization Act of 1798 - Wikipedia

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    An Act supplementary to and to amend the act, intituled “An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization ; and to repeal the act heretofore passed on that subject.” Enacted by: the 5th United States Congress: Effective: June 18, 1798: Citations; Public law: Pub. L. 5–54: Statutes at Large: 1 Stat. 566, chap. 54: Codification; Acts ...

  5. Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions - Wikipedia

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    The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798 were written secretly by Vice President Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, respectively. The principles stated in the resolutions became known as the "Principles of '98". Adherents argued that the states could judge the constitutionality of federal government laws and decrees.

  6. History of laws concerning immigration and naturalization in ...

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    For the first time in American history, racial distinctions were omitted from the U.S. Code. The 1952 Act established a simple 4-class preference system within quotas, reserving first preference for immigrants of special skills or abilities needed in the U.S. workforce, and allotting the second, third, and fourth preferences to relatives of U.S ...

  7. History of the United States (1789–1815) - Wikipedia

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    All the leaders of the new nation were committed to republicanism, and the doubts of the Anti-Federalists of 1788 were allayed with the passage of a Bill of Rights as the first ten amendments to the Constitution in 1791. [3] The first census enumerated a population of 3.9 million. Only 12 cities had populations of more than 5,000; most people ...

  8. What is interest? Definition, how it works and examples - AOL

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    With simple interest, your interest rate payments are added into your monthly payments, but the interest doesn’t compound. For example, a five-year loan of $1,000 with simple interest of 5 ...

  9. Fugitive slave laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1793, Congress passed "An Act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters", or more commonly known as the Fugitive Slave Act, to fulfill the Article IV requirement to return escaped slaves. [14] [15] Section 3 mandates the return of fugitives: SEC. 3.