The Alien and Sedition Acts

question 27

Multiple Choice

The Alien and Sedition Acts

• A)were struck down by the Supreme Court in 1801.
• B)were enacted by the Jeffersonian Republicans in the late 1790s.
• C)made it illegal to criticize the government.
• D)allowed the Whigs to expand their political power in the 1830s.

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