HIST 1311 In-Class Assignment # 3 You may use any of your NOTES to answer the following questions. [20 pts total] 1. Consider & briefly discuss the relative merits of the Federalist-sponsored Alien & Sedition Acts of 1798. 2. Consider & briefly discuss the relative drawbacks of the Federalist-sponsored Alien & Sedition Acts of 1798. 3. How did the passage of these acts seem to legitimize (Jeffersonian) Democratic-Republican fears of national government? 4. There have been other times in American history since when similar situations have arisen, such as Pres. Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus during the Civil War, the passage of the Sedition Act in World War I, and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. ? TODAY: How far, in YOUR assessment, can the federal government "bend" the Constitution in order to "protect" the republican form of government? Does Congress have the "right" to subvert the Constitution during times of crisis?
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