Question

2. Describe how the Alien Acts were "mean spirited?"

3. What were the Sedition Acts?

4. Who wrote the Kentucky Resolution and what did it say?

5. Who wrote the Virginia Resolution and what did it say?

6. How did Massachusetts respond to the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions?

7. In 1803 things changed, who claimed the right to decide if a law was unconstitutional?

8. Who was the Chief Justice, appointed by President Adams that would help strengthen the court?

9. Two states, Virginia and Kentucky passed resolutions declaring the Alien and Sedition Acts to be unconstitutional. What do you think would happen today if each state had the right to declare laws unconstitutional?

(Sorry if there is too many questions. You can just answer one of those).

Answer 1

3) The Alien and Sedition Acts were four laws passed by the Federalist-dominated 5th United States Congress and signed into law by President John Adams in 1798

4)These resolutions were passed by the legislatures of Kentucky and Virginia in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 and were authored by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, respectively.