Question 1
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.
Question 2
Pinckney's Treaty (1795) was negotiated between the United States and
A. France.
B. Spain.
C. the Iroquois Confederacy.
D. Great Britain.
E. the Netherlands.
Question 3
Pinckney's Treaty (1795) gave the United States
A. the right to navigate the Mississippi River to its mouth.
B. a desired fixed northern boundary of Florida.
C. the freedom to use the port at New Orleans.
D. All these answers are correct.
E. assurances that Indians in Florida would be prevented from launching northern raids.