Step one:
create a top five list of events related to westward expansion that affected african americans. review the lesson for compromises and consequences to make your list. events you should consider include the following:

missouri compromise
compromise of 1850
kansas-nebraska act
dred scott v. sandford
fugitive slave act
nat turner's rebellion
bleeding kansas
harpers ferry

step two:
explain your reasoning for the item you ranked as the #1 event with strongest impact.

What motive did the federalists have for pushing the alien act through congress in 1798? a. 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. select the best answer from the choices provided abcd