Alien And Sedition Act And The Patriot Act

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I’ll be discussing the similarities and differences between the Alien and Sedition Act and the Patriot Act, and how these two Acts impacted our nation during a time of war. Furthermore, both of these Acts helped protect our nation when there was a crisis at at hand. However, both of these Acts provide the government with power that was not constitutional. The Alien Sedition act was passed in-order to protect the young nation from french spies. The Patriot Act was passed in-order to protect the nation from further terrorist attacks. Both acts made the America safer for the people, but at what expenses. The Alien Sedition was passed during the XYZ affair. The Act was passed when French privateers, and the French Navy seized, and stole from American

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