Question

One effect of the Alien and Sedition Acts was to

Answer 1

A. limit the power of the Democratic Republican Party.

B. prevent juries from acquitting innocent immigrants.

C. provoke a crisis that briefly united the nation against France.

D. uphold the tradition of presuming a person innocent until proved guilty.

Answer 2

The four Alien and Sedition Acts (1798) were designed to prevent public expressions against Federalist policies during the Quasi-War with France. To the extent that they criminalized dissent and threatened new immigrants, they impinged upon the concepts of free speech and the rights of states in the US.

Answer 3

C :)