Virginia and Kentucky Resolution

What was the Democratic-Republican response to the Alien and Sedition Acts?

• Tennessee and New York Resolutions

• Massachussets Pact

• Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

• Unconstitutional Clause

The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions showed that _________.

• Kentucky and Virginia had the best state governments

• the federal government was too powerful and could not be stopped

• states had the power to stand up against the federal government

• the Alien and Sedition Acts were good for our country

Which of the following suggested that states could nullify, or overrule federal laws.

• The Kentucky & Virginia Resolution

• The North & South Carolina Resolution

• The Alien & Sedition Resolution

• The XYZ Affair Act

1798-1799 Republican documents that argued that the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional

• Shay's Rebellion

• Marbury v. Madison

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

Nullified the Alien and Sedition Act. Nullification: States have the right to cancel/ignore unjust laws.

• Bill of Rights (BOR)

• Articles of Confederation (AOC)

• Declaration of Independence (DOI)

• Virginia And Kentucky Resolutions

According to the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions, how should states respond to federal laws they considered unconstitutional?

• creating a cohort

• asking the President to change the law

• by rewriting the laws

• by refusing to enforce them

The legal idea of nullification, as argued by the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, relates to

• state power versus federal power.

• marriage laws

• free speech versus sedition.

• immigrants rights

What was the primary purpose of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?

• To support the Alien and Sedition Acts

• To declare the Alien and Sedition Acts unconstitutional

• To promote the Bill of Rights

• To advocate for a stronger federal government

Who were the authors of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?

• Thomas Jefferson and James Madison

• George Washington and John Adams

• Alexander Hamilton and John Jay

• Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine

In what year were the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions passed?

• 1798

• 1800

• 1789

• 1795