Why did Jefferson and Madison oppose the Alien and Sedition Acts?
a. The acts excluded poor farmers from their voting and civil rights.
b. The acts suppressed the states' power to govern themselves.
c. Jefferson and Madison opposed all of Hamilton's acts on principle.
d. The acts did not support a strong central government.
e. The acts rewrote the Constitution without due process.
B
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