USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Passed in preparation for an anticipated war with France, the Alien and Sedition Acts tightened restrictions on foreign-born Americans and limited speech critical of the government. In 1798, the United States stood on the brink of war with France.

Detailed explanation-2: -Targets of the act tended to be the editors of Democratic-Republican newspapers who criticized the Federalist administration of President John Adams. Federalist judges enforced the Alien and Sedition laws with vigor.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 were Democratic-Republican responses to the Alien and Sedition Acts passed earlier that same year by a Federalist-dominated Congress.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1798, Congress passed the Alien and Sedition Acts with the support of the Adams Administration. The Alien Act granted the President unilateral authority to deport non-citizens who were subjects of foreign enemies.

Detailed explanation-5: -Which statement is true about the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798? They were an attempt by Republicans to silence their critics. The Sedition Act empowered the federal government to prosecute any public assembly or publication that criticized the government, without allowing for trials by jury for those prosecuted.