J. Adams

John Adams served as President Washington's ______.

• Attorney General
• Vice President
• Secretary of State
• Secretary of the Treasury

What was the main reason President Adams passed the Alien and Sedition Acts?

• to eliminate the freedom of speech
• to cut off trade with other countries
• to protect the United States
• to become a tyrannical dictator

In order to get his financial program through Congress in 1790, Alexander Hamilton made a deal to move the nation's capital from New York to:

• Philadelphia
• Washington DC
• Gettysburg 
• Trenton

Nullify means 

• cancel
• forget
• dance
• tax

Why did political parties start?

• people agreed about government
• people disagreed about government
• people were neutral
• people were looking for clubs to join

The slogan "Millions for defense, but to one cent for tribute" became a popular response to the 

• ABC affair
• IOU affair
• XYZ affair
• Jay Treaty

Under this act, the President gained the power to imprison or deport citizens of other countries residing in the United States

• Alien Act
• Naturalization Act
• Sedition Act
• Immigration Act

Under this act, it was against the law to criticize government officials unless you could prove everything you said.

• Alien Act
• Sedition Act
• Naturalization Act
• Virginia-Kentucky Resolution

The Virginia-Kentucky State Resolution stated that

• the Alien Acts were constitutional and should be obeyed
• The Alien Act should be interpreted as a means to keep immigrations from living in the United States
• states had the right to judge is federal laws were constitutional and should be followed 
• citizens who criticized the government should be fined and jailed.

What right did the Sedition Act violate?

• 2nd- Right to bear arms
• 8th- No cruel or unusual punishment
• 1st- Right to remain silent
• 1st- Right to freedom of press