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Which president signed the Alien and Sedition Acts into law?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Adams
James Madison
The Alien acts were aimed at British people.
True
False
The French and British were at war. Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans supported which side?
They stayed neutral
The British
The French
The Sedition Act violated which amendment?
Second Amendment
First Amendment
Fourth Amendment
Sixth Amendment
Why did the Supreme Court do nothing?
the court was too weak
they believed it to be a good thing
they did do something - they declared it unconstitutional
These two states declared the Alien and Sedition Acts to be unconstitutional:
Massachusetts and New York
Virginia and Massachusetts
Virginia and Kentucky
New York and Kentucky
The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions became an issue of states' rights.
True
False
