James Madison responded to the Alien and Sedition Acts by
A) condemning them because they assumed that elected officials were the masters rather than the servants of the people.
B) vigorously prosecuting alien critics of the government.
C) intentionally violating the Sedition Act to test its constitutionality before the Supreme Court.
D) organizing Republicans in Congress to block any Federalist measures until these acts were repealed.
A
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A) bi-partisan legislation. B) Democratic legislation. C) Republican policies. D) Keynesian principles.
Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner were known as leaders of the __________
a) Radical Republicans b) Moderate Republicans c) Northern Democrats d) Southern Democrats
Which of the following groups received the greatest rewards from industrialization?
A) white, native-born females B) foreign-born males C) African-American males D) white, native-born males E) skilled workers in all categories
White supremacists throughout the South resorted to extrajudicial violence known as __________
A) lynching B) mugging C) menacing D) Klanning