GSEUS6b John Adams

Which of the following did the Sedition Act make illegal?

• To organize protests 
• To falsely criticize the government
• To print factual information about the government
• The sponsorship of immigrants to America

 Which of the following was true of the Alien Acts?

• Required aliens be residents for 14 years before citizenship
• allowed president to imprison dangerous aliens 
• made it a crime to falsely criticize the government
• Required aliens be residents for 5 years before citizenship

 Why were the Alien and Sedition Acts passed?

• To silence Democratic-Republican opposition
• To promote immigration to the US
• To end immigration to the US
• To improve conditions for immigrants to the US

What does this picture represent?

• The Alien Act
• Not Freedom of Speech Act
• The Parents Can Keep Their Children Quiet Act
• The Sedition Act

The Sedition Act violated the _______?

• First Amendment
• Second Amendment
• Fifth Amendment

An international incident between US diplomats and French officials, during John Adams presidency, was called

• The XYZ Affair
• The Manhattan Project
• The French Connection
• The Watergate Scandal

Which of the following are characteristics of the XYZ Affair?  

• France was attacking American merchant ships because they were upset with Jay's Treaty 
• Adams sent representatives to France to establish peace, but French agents demanded a bribe in order to begin peace talks 
• America began strengthening their military to prepare for war 
• all of the above 

John Adams was so angry over attacks on his policies that he asked Congress to pass the ___________ to make criticizing the government a crime.

• Alien and Sedition Acts
• Federal Judiciary Act 
• First Amendment Revocation
• All of these

Why did France start impressing (seizing) U.S. ships?

• the U.S. did not help them in their war with Britain
• The U.S. starting seizing French ships first
• The Spanish ordered the French to do so
• France had the desire to become a pirate nation

The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions were written to argue that _____________ were unconstitutional. 

• the excise tax on whiskey
• Jay's Treaty
• Pinckney's Treaty
• the Alien and Sedition Acts