The Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)
- A
Granted citizenship freely to all immigrants and protected open political debate
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Restricted immigrant rights and criminalized criticism of the government, threatening political dissent
- C
Were abolitionist laws restricting the importation of enslaved people from abroad
- D
Were passed by Congress but never actually enforced by the Adams administration against any newspaper editor
Explanation
Used by Federalists against Democratic-Republican press; major civil liberties controversy.