The Alen and Sedition Acts (1798)
A. gave the federal government effective authority to stifle any public criticism
B. were aggressively used by the Adams administration to suppress any public criticism
C. were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court
D. gave the federal government effective authority to stifle any pbulic criticism, and were aggressively used by the Adams administration to that effect
E. were aggressively used by the Adams administration to suppress public criticism, until they were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court
Answer: A. gave the federal government effective authority to stifle any public criticism
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AP US History Chapter 6
- The Judiciary Act of 1801
- Who described the election of 1800 as the "Revolution of 1800?"
- The presidential campaign in 1800
- In the late 1790s, on the political scene,
- In the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, it was asserted that
- The "XYZ" Affair
- The election of 1796 saw
- Pinckney's Treaty (1795) gave the United States
- Pinckney's Treaty (1795) was negotiated between the United States and
- Jay's Treaty (1794)
- In reference to Indians living in the U.S., the Constitution
- The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 saw
- In America, the French Revolution was generally praised by
- During the 1790s, regional support in the United States for Federalists was greatest in the
- The 2 preeminent Republicans of the 1790s were
- The emergence of an alternative political organization to the Federalists was prompted by a
- In the Constitution, political parties were
- The most sustained opposition to Alexander Hamilton's economic program came from
- Opponents of Alexander Hamilton's proposed national bank argued
- Alexander Hamilton's plan for the federal government to assume state debts was passed by Congress after a deal was made to
- Alexander Hamilton recommended that the federal government raise revenue through
- Unde Alexander Hamilton's plan, a new national bank would
- Alexander Hamilton's funding plan
- As Treasury secretary, Alexander Hamilton