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Alien and Sedition Acts

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