APUSH - Acts Questions and Answers with complete solution

Act of Toleration - (1649) a law passed by the Maryland assembly that provided religious freedom for all Christians; it was geared toward the Catholics in the colony; set a precedent for religious freedom (1st Amendment) Alien & Sedition Acts - (1798) These consist of four laws passed by the Federalist Congress and signed by President Adams: the Naturalization Act, which increased the waiting period for an immigrant to become a citizen from 5 to 14 years; the Alien Act, which empowered the president to arrest and deport dangerous aliens; the Alien Enemy Act, which allowed for the arrest and deportation of citizens of countries at was with the US; and the Sedition Act, which made it illegal to publish defamatory statements about the federal government or its officials. The first 3 were enacted in response to the XYZ Affair, and were aimed at French and Irish immigrants, who were considered subversives. The Sedition Act was an attempt to stifle Democratic-Republican opposition, although only 25 people were ever arrested, and only 10 convicted, under the law. Chinese Exclusion Act - (1882) Denied any additional Chinese laborers to enter the country while allowing students and merchants to immigrate. American workers felt threatened by the job competition. Repealed in 1943. Civil Rights Act of 1964 - (1964) banned discrimination in public acomodations, prohibited discrimination in any federally assisted program, outlawed discrimination in most employment; enlarged federal powers to protect voting rights and to speed school desegregation; this and the voting rights act helped to give African-Americans equality on paper, and more federally-protected power so that social equality was a more realistic goal Clayton Anti-Trust Act - (1914) An attempt to improve the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, this law outlawed interlocking directorates (companies in which the same people served as directors), forbade policies that created monopolies, and made corporate officers responsible for antitrust violations. Benefiting labor, it declared that unions were not conspiracies in restraint of trade and outlawed the use of injunctions in labor disputes unless they were necessary to protect property. Dawes Act - (1887) dismantled American Indian tribes, set up individuals as family heads with 160 acres, tried to make rugged individualists out of the Indians, attempt to assimilate the Indian population into that of the AmericanEmbargo Act - (1807) act which ended all of America's importation and exportation. Jefferson hoped the act would pressure the French and British to recognize U.S. neutrality rights in exchange for U.S. goods. Really, however, just hurt Americans and our economy and got repealed in 1809. Espionage & Sedition Acts - () acts that allowed congress to give administration powers to silence/imprison dissenters; basically, citizens could be arrested for any act construed as unpatriotic. Used against Germans who the government felt were unpatriotic. This helped create general distrust of German-Americans, and gave the government a lot more power