Which of the Following Is True About the Sedition Act

question 46

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about the Sedition Act of 1798?

• A)The Act prohibited malicious newspaper stories about the president.
• B)The Supreme Court ruled the Act unconstitutional.
• C)The Senate voted it down,while the House passed it.
• D)Thomas Jefferson strongly supported it.
• E)The state governments refused to enforce it.

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