Quiz 3 Review
• Europeans took advantage of America’s
weakness during the 1790s by
– Raiding the frontiers
– Raiding American ships
– Blockading American ports
– Expelling American diplomats
• Raiding American ships
• With whom did the United States fight an
undeclared war during the 1790s?
– Britain
– Spain
– France
– Germany
• France
• The Alien Acts granted the president the
power to
– Expel foreign diplomats
– Declare war
– Expel or imprison immigrants
– Prohibit “treasonous” speech
• Expel or imprison immigrants
• The Sedition Acts granted the president the
power to
– Expel foreign diplomats
– Declare war
– Expel or imprison immigrants
– Prohibit “treasonous speech”
• Prohibit “treasonous speech”
• The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
advocated
– Loose constructionism
– Nullification
– Implied powers
– Sedition
• Nullification
• In what resolutions did James Madison
suggest that states have the right to secede
when the federal government acts
unconstitutionally? _________________
• Virginia Resolutions
• What act insured that the Federalists would
have a lasting influence on the judiciary?
____________________
• The Judiciary Act of 1801
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A) “midnight appointments”
B) Quasi War
C) Virginia Resolutions
D) XYZ Affair
– French seizure of American cargo
• B) Quasi War
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A) “midnight appointments”
B) Quasi War
C) Virginia Resolutions
D) XYZ Affair
• ___ America’s humiliating peace negotiations
with France
• D) XYZ Affair
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A) “midnight appointments”
B) Quasi War
C) Virginia Resolutions
D) XYZ Affair
– ___ declaration that the states have the right to
nullify unconstitutional federal acts
• C) Virginia Resolutions
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A) “midnight appointments”
B) Quasi War
C) Virginia Resolutions
D) XYZ Affair
– ___ effort to fill the judiciary with Federalists
• A) “midnight appointments”
• T/F ___ The war with France was called a
“Quasi War” because war was never officially
declared.
• True
• T/F ___ The alien and Sedition Acts were
clearly unconstitutional.
• True
• T/F ___ John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
remained bitter enemies throughout their
lives.
• False