What Were the Alien and Sedition Acts

question 53

Multiple Choice

What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?

• A) laws passed in the 1790s that made it a crime to say or publish anything that would defame the government of the United States
• B) laws that made it a crime for foreign immigrants to belong to the Communist Party or other anti-American organizations
• C) a law passed by Congress denying civil liberties to all citizens
• D) laws passed during the Civil War denying Confederate sympathizers the right to free speech
• E) a law passed by Congress in 1921 that restricted immigration to the United States

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