APUSH Period 3 Part 4

Flashcards covering Republican Motherhood, The Adams Presidency, and the Alien and Sedition Acts.

Republican Motherhood

The idea that women should be educated to raise virtuous male citizens in the new republic.

Private Virtue

An important quality for women, who were given the task of inspiring and teaching men to be good citizens through romance and motherhood.

XYZ Affair

An incident where French officials demanded a bribe from American diplomats before negotiations could begin, leading to anti-French sentiment in the U.S.

Alien and Sedition Acts

Laws passed by the Adams administration that allowed the government to expel foreigners and jail newspaper editors for 'scandalous and malicious writing.'

Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

Resolutions drafted by Jefferson and Madison arguing that states had the right to judge the constitutionality of federal laws (nullification), in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts.

Nullification

The concept argued in the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions that states could declare federal laws void if they deemed them unconstitutional.