19.3 - Practice Activity

What was the point of the Sedition Act of 1798?

• It allowed every American citizen to speak freely about any issues.

• It made it illegal for individuals to criticize the government publicly.

• It took away the ability to meet in public

• It protected freedom of the press.

False and malicious use of spoken words

• censorship
• libel
• defamation
• slander

Written defamation of a person's character, reputation, business, or property rights

• censorship
• libel
• defamation
• slander

The right to publish newspapers, magazines, and other materials without government restriction

• Freedom of the Press
• ethics and morality
• digital citizenship
• kindness to others

The guarantees of free speech and press are guaranteed by the 1st and 13th amendments.

• True

• False

The Free Exchange of Ideas is set up to protect the rights of the unpopular views.

• True

• False

Which of the following is a restriction against free speech?

• Speaking out against a local politician

• Openly disagreeing with democracy

• Using words that cause someone to commit a crime

• All of the above

______ is the crime of attempting to overthrow the government by force or to disrupt its lawful activity by violent acts.

• Sedition

• Slander

• Libel

• Free Exchange of Ideas

The Alien and Sedition Act of 1798 was ruled _________.

• Constitutional

• Unconstitutional

This piece of propaganda was used for _________.

• the Sedition Act of 1798

• the Sedition Act of 1917

• the Smith Act of 1940