MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR
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They could risk paying a fine or imprisonment.
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They were given a high five
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They were paid off to cancel the story
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -any false, scandalous, and malicious writing” about the government. The laws were directed against Democratic-Republicans, the party typically favored by new citizens.
Detailed explanation-2: -Negative Response To The Alien And Sedition Act These acts increased the residency requirement for American citizenship from five to fourteen years, authorized the president to imprison or deport aliens considered “dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States” and restricted speech critical of the government.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Sedition Act imposed “a fine of not more than $10, 000 or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both” on anyone who dared “utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States.” Socialist Eugene V.
Detailed explanation-4: -The laws-which remain controversial to this day-restricted the activities of foreign residents in the country and limited freedom of speech and of the press, particularly when it was critical of the president or the government.