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Turn of the 19th Century Politics Read the Article on the Alien & Sedition Acts and Answer the Questions below: 1. What rights does the 1st Amendment protect (not in the article) Speech, religion, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government 2. What did the sedition acts attempt to do? They attempted to fine and imprison Republican newspaper editors if any of the writing, speaking, or publishing was false, scandalous or malicious 3. What group of people did the Alien Act affect? Recent immigrants 4. Why do you think the Federalist controlled Congress and Federalist President John Adams enacted the Alien & Sedition Acts? To protect and define the fledgling nations. 5. What group of American people was the Adams Administration concerned about? New immigrants and Republican newspaper editors 6. Do you think anything in the Alien & Sedition Acts conflicts with the 1st Amendment to the Constitution? Explain. I think the Alien act conflicts with the 1st Amendment because they are judging the new immigrants as bad, mischievous people. It takes away everything that the 1st Amendment protects. Marbury vs. Madison Read the Article about the Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison and Answer the questions below. 1. When the Constitution was written, did it say how many justices should be on the Supreme Court? No it didn't 2. In 1789, which act established the Supreme Court? The Judiciary Act 3. How many justices did they choose to have on the court at that time? 5 4. Why was the power of the court so undefined at the time? Chief justice’s had very little impact on the direction of the Supreme Court 5. Briefly summarize the story of Marbury v. Madison Marybury went to the Supreme Court to in attempt to gain his post and Madison would not give him his commision 6. DId Marbury ever become Justice of the Peace? No 7. What did the court decide? Established a precedent

8. The decision created the concept of Judicial Review. What is this? The Court had the right to review acts of congress and extension, actions of the president.

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