The Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)
A. were aggressively used by the Adams administration to suppress public criticism until they were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
B. were aggressively used by the Adams administration to suppress public criticism.
C. gave the federal government effective authority to stifle any public criticism, and were aggressively used by the Adams administration to that effect.
D. gave the federal government effective authority to stifle any public criticism.
E. were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
D
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A. England and France B. France and Spain C. The Netherlands D. Prussia and Russia E. Prussia and Austria
Why was Andrew Jackson so influential in the mid-1800s?
a. He was a forceful and domineering president, unafraid of breaking the Constitution to gain what he wanted. b. He was a charismatic and kind president, fighting for the poor and disenfranchised. c. He was a politician in the right place at the right time; the 1830s and 1840s were a time when Americans wanted to be led by a strong national government. d. He made political deals to gain majority support in Congress and the Supreme Court, using the other branches to further his own agenda. e. He chose a strong presidential cabinet and followed their advice closely.
The "Young America" movement argued that
A) revolutions in other countries were dangerous. B) democracy was unique to America and could not be exported. C) England was the cause of all American problems. D) democracy would triumph everywhere.
The Spanish centrist party lost to the leftists because of its unpopular participation in which of the following events?
A. Basque separatism B. The Iraq War C. The Olympics in Barcelona D. Kosovo War E. None of these.