The Alien and Sedition Acts

question 5

Multiple Choice

The Alien and Sedition Acts

• A) were virtually impossible to enforce.
• B) were enacted by the Federalists in the late 1790s.
• C) made it illegal to criticize the government.
• D) allowed the Jeffersonians to expand their political power.
• E) all of the above

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