The+Judiciary+Act+of+1801

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===[|Look for answers here!!!]=== = = =The Judiciary Act of 1801 By Haileigh, Nathan, Faith = ==== The Judiciary Act of 1801, was passed to provide a more organized court system. The federalists who favored the act, and claimed it was necessary because the act would protect the federal government from smaller hostile state governments. The republicans viewed it as an attempt to weaken the states governments, strengthen the federal government, and secure powerful positions for the Federalist. ====

Answer the 5 questions in the link above. 1. What was the purpose of the Judiciary Act of 1801? 2. What was one effect of the act?. 3. Who favored the act, and who didn't 4. Who signed the act into law? 5. What did the act reduce?

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