What motive did the Federalists have for pushing the Alien Act through Congress in 1798? The new law made immigrants pay higher taxes, which the Federalists hoped would be used to
pay the national debt and fund the military,
b. The new law denied immigrants the right to vote because many immigrants supported Thomas
Jefferson and the Republicans,
c. The new law required business owners to hire illegal aliens who hated the liberal Republicans,
d. The new law made immigrants wait 14 years before becoming citizens, a move the Federalists
hoped would keep them from voting for years.

they wanted the u.s. to fight on the side of the central powers.

regarding the law, the 15th amendment was specifically designed thinking in the rights of black free men.

even though ratified on february 3, 1870, the promise of the 15th amendment would not be fully applied for a long time.poll taxes and literacy tests would allow southern states disenfranchise african americans. only in 1965 the voting rights for african americans would be actually able to vote in the south.

in 1965, president johnson signed the voting rights act, which aimed to overcome legal barriers that prevented african americans from voting as it was guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the u.s. constitution.

when world war i broke out across europe in 1914, president woodrow wilson proclaimed the united states would remain neutral, and many americans supported this policy of nonintervention. however, public opinion about neutrality started to change after the sinking of the british ocean liner lusitania by a german u-boat in 1915; almost 2,000 people perished, including 128 americans. along with news of the zimmerman telegram threatening an alliance between germany and mexico, wilson asked congress for a declaration of war against germany. the u.s. officially entered the conflict on april 6, 1917.