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ritten, printed, uttered or published..., any false, scandalous and malicious w nited States, or the President of the United States, with intent to defame the said designs of any foreign nation against the United States..., then such person, being there CTION 2...If any person shall write, print, utter or publish, or shall cause or p natred of the good people of the United States..., or to aid, encourage or abet any host overnment...or to bring them...into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them ritings against the government of the United States, or either house of the Congre convicted..shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and b imprisonment not exceeding two years." The Sedition Act, 1798 Excerpted text from congressional bill, July 14, 1798. 11. The excerpt above best serves as evidence of the a. influence of Enlightenment ideals. b. difficulty of creating a multiethnic American identity. bitter political debates of the 1790s. challenges faced by traditional imperial systems.

ritten, printed, uttered or published..., any false, scandalous and malicious w nited States, or the President of the United States, with intent to defame the said designs of any foreign nation against the United States..., then such person, being there CTION 2...If any person shall write, print, utter or publish, or shall cause or p natred of the good people of the United States..., or to aid, encourage or abet any host overnment...or to bring them...into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them ritings against the government of the United States, or either house of the Congre convicted..shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and b imprisonment not exceeding two years." The Sedition Act, 1798 Excerpted text from congressional bill, July 14, 1798. 11. The excerpt above best serves as evidence of the a. influence of Enlightenment ideals. b. difficulty of creating a multiethnic American identity. bitter political debates of the 1790s. challenges faced by traditional imperial systems.

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government...or to bring them..into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them designs of any foreign nation against the United States..., then such person, being theres vritten, printed, uttered or published..., any false, scandalous and malicious wri writings against the government of the United States, or either house of the Congr ECTION 2...If any person shall write, print, utter or publish, or shall cause or p hatred of the good people of the United States..., or to aid, encourage or abet any hostle ... United States, or the President of the United States, with intent to defame thCongre convicted...shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and imprisonment not exceeding two years." The Sedition Act, 1798 Excerpted text from congressional bill, July 14, 1798 11. The excerpt above best serves as evidence of the a. influence of Enlightenment ideals. b. difficulty of creating a multiethnic American identity. bitter political debates of the 1790s. challenges faced by traditional imperial systems. 12. Passage of the above legislation was most consistent with the sentiments of a. British laws passed after the end of the Seven Years' War. b. Thomas Paine's Common Sense. c the Declaration of Independence. the Articles of Confederation. 13. Which of the following continuities in United States history is best demonstrated by the excerpt above? a. The debate over voting rights and citizenship b. The debate between federal and states' rights The debate over the balance of liberty and order d. The debate between executive and legislative power 14. What was the response of Thomas Jefferson to this law? He quit his job to run against President Adams. He wrote the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions. b. C. He went to France to settle the XYZ Affair. d. He issued the Proclamation of Neutrality.
Transcribed Image Text:government...or to bring them..into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them designs of any foreign nation against the United States..., then such person, being theres vritten, printed, uttered or published..., any false, scandalous and malicious wri writings against the government of the United States, or either house of the Congr ECTION 2...If any person shall write, print, utter or publish, or shall cause or p hatred of the good people of the United States..., or to aid, encourage or abet any hostle ... United States, or the President of the United States, with intent to defame thCongre convicted...shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and imprisonment not exceeding two years." The Sedition Act, 1798 Excerpted text from congressional bill, July 14, 1798 11. The excerpt above best serves as evidence of the a. influence of Enlightenment ideals. b. difficulty of creating a multiethnic American identity. bitter political debates of the 1790s. challenges faced by traditional imperial systems. 12. Passage of the above legislation was most consistent with the sentiments of a. British laws passed after the end of the Seven Years' War. b. Thomas Paine's Common Sense. c the Declaration of Independence. the Articles of Confederation. 13. Which of the following continuities in United States history is best demonstrated by the excerpt above? a. The debate over voting rights and citizenship b. The debate between federal and states' rights The debate over the balance of liberty and order d. The debate between executive and legislative power 14. What was the response of Thomas Jefferson to this law? He quit his job to run against President Adams. He wrote the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions. b. C. He went to France to settle the XYZ Affair. d. He issued the Proclamation of Neutrality.
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