Vocab
Alien Acts
Alien Acts: These laws gave the president the power to deport any non-citizen (alien) who was considered dangerous to the United States, and they increased the naturalization period for immigrants to become U.S. citizens from 5 to 14 years.
Twice elected president
George Washington
Sedition Act
This law made it a crime to publish false, scandalous, or malicious writings against the government or its officials, aiming to prevent criticism of the federal government and curbing political dissent.
Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln
Neutrality
is the policy of not taking sides in a conflict or war between other nations. It means staying impartial and avoiding involvement in disputes between other countries.
Only president from somewhere other than the 13 colonies
Andrew Jackson
Louisiana Purchase
almost doubled the size of us
This land had fertile soil for farming, important rivers for trade, and opened up space for westward expansion. It also helped secure the country by removing France as a threat near its borders and allowed the U.S. to grow and prosper.
Manifest Destiny
was the belief in the 19th century that the United States was destined by God to expand across the North American continent, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.