USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ means speaking out against a government official.
A
Alien
B
Sedition
C
Cabinet
D
Nullify
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sedition is speech, writing, or behaviour intended to encourage people to fight against or oppose the government. Government officials charged him with sedition. Synonyms: rabble-rousing, treason, subversion, agitation More Synonyms of sedition.

Detailed explanation-2: -se·di·tion si-ˈdi-shən. : the crime of creating a revolt, disturbance, or violence against lawful civil authority with the intent to cause its overthrow or destruction compare criminal syndicalism, sabotage. seditious.-shəs. adjective.

Detailed explanation-3: -insubordination, insurrection, mutiny, treason, agitation, defiance, disobedience, dissent, insurgence, insurgency, revolt, revolution, uprising.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some common synonyms of rebellion are insurrection, mutiny, revolt, revolution, and uprising. While all these words mean “an outbreak against authority, ” rebellion implies an open formidable resistance that is often unsuccessful. open rebellion against the officers.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Sedition Act of 1870 was an arbitrary law implemented to curb people’s voices against the British government.

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