What Was the Purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts

question 71

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts?

• A) to silence and suppress political opposition to Adams and the Federalists
• B) to punish rebels who had refused to pay the whiskey tax
• C) to prevent Americans from trading with western Indians
• D) to quell protests over the ratification of Jay's Treaty and Pinckney's Treaty

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