Many democratic-republicans continued to sympathize with france. federalist was angry and called them democrats, mobocrats and all other kinds of rats. the federalist-controlled congress passed four laws known as the alien and sedition acts. these laws were said to protect the united states. the federalist intended them to crush opposition to the war. jefferson and madison viewed these acts as a misuse of government power. they attacked the problem at the state level and wrote resolutions that said the acts were unconstitutional. they stated that they can not pass these acts because they interfered with the state government. the kentucky and virginia resolutions did not have the force of the national law, but they supported the idea. they challenged the federal government. this idea grew later and had a tremendous impact later in the 1800s.

Study the following facts: 1915—state education committee banned the french language in public schools (corporal punishment was allowable to deter the act of speaking french). 1916—compulsory attendance: all louisiana children must attend school until the age of 16 years. 1918—louisiana legislative act 114 stated that german could not be spoken on streets, taught in schools, or printed in newspapers (reaction to german aggression in world war i). 1921—repeal of act 114 . 1921—constitutional amendment stated languages other than english were prohibited in public schools. from the information above, answer the following questions to yourself. how did the above legislative laws affect the ethnic cultures generations later? describe the opportunity cost in economic and cultural terms of these legislative decisions. should efforts be made to preserve or revive the cultural traits of unique ethnic cultures in louisiana? assignment research current efforts and organizations that are actively engaged in cultural preservation. create a poster or powerpoint® describing the methods and strategies being employed in the preservation efforts (e. g., french immersion, german fest, codofil, cafa).