MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR
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to crush the Federalist opposition to war
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to crush the Democratic Republican opposition to war
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Federalists believed that Democratic-Republican criticism of Federalist policies was disloyal and feared that aliens living in the United States would sympathize with the French during a war. As a result, a Federalist-controlled Congress passed four laws, known collectively as the Alien and Sedition Acts.
Detailed explanation-2: -Federalist judges enforced the Alien and Sedition laws with vigor. Targets of the Act tended to be the editors of Democratic-Republican newspapers who criticized the Federalist administration of President John Adams, shown here.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why were the Alien and Sedition Acts passed? The Federalists believed that democratic-Republican criticism of Federal politics was disloyal and feared the immigrants living in the US would sympathize with the French during a war. As a result, a Federalist-controlled congress passed four laws.