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Chapter 5
Broad/loose construction
Aka: Republicans
French Revolution
the war
Alien and Sedition ActsAlien Act- President can arrest and deport noncitizens who criticized the government
Sedition Act- crime for citizens to publically
criticize the federal government
Election of 1800:
Adams had isolated some federalists and
angered Democratic-Republicans
Did not win re-election
Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied
Went to the house to decide
Federalist
Last minute appointee of John Adams
35 years
1,000 court decision, writing over half of them
More than any other justice in US History
Agrarian republic
Needed land to make this happen
Louisiana territory