The Alien and Sedition Acts allowed the President to arrest and deport enemy immigrants in the event of war and made it a crime to print "any false, scandalous, and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States." Under which President did these acts occur?

A. James madison

B. Thomas Jefferson

C. John adams

D. George Washington

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Mireya Lucero

22 April, 16:43

The Alien and Sedition Acts allowed the President to arrest and deport enemy immigrants in the event of war and made it a crime to print "any false, scandalous, and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States." Under which President did these acts occur?

A. James madison

B. Thomas Jefferson

C. John adams

D. George Washington

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Walter Leonard · Answer 1

The answer is: C) John Adams

The Alien and Sedition Acts were a series of four bills passed and signed by then-president John Adams in 1798.

These acts ranged from making any negative writing or publications towards the United States illegal, to granting the president the power deportation and imprisonment towards any non citizen who it deemed a danger to the government.