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

• A) “midnight appointments”• B) Quasi War• C) Virginia Resolutions• D) XYZ Affair

– French seizure of American cargo

• B) Quasi War

• A) “midnight appointments”• B) Quasi War• C) Virginia Resolutions• D) XYZ Affair

• ___ America’s humiliating peace negotiations with France

• D) XYZ Affair

• 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

• 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