All of the following were goals of the Alien and Sedition Acts except:
A. to silence Republican opposition to Adams's foreign policy.
B. to increase presidential power in wartime.
C. to make it more difficult for foreigners to become citizens.
D. to gain support for a pro-France federal policy.
E. to narrow the definitions of acceptable political speech.
2007-04-09 07:47:24 · 2 answers · asked by Patrick 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
D
The French didn't really have anything to do with it, but the other things are all true.
2007-04-09 08:46:30 · answer #1 · answered by John B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have to say "D", because at the time of the Acts the United States was in a quasi "undeclared war " with France. Besides at the time, John Adams was in office and he was more pro- British then pro-French.
2007-04-09 15:49:56 · answer #2 · answered by mohacs1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋