Worksheet # 56 Questions Home
Sedition
Nullification
Alien
Press
Libel
Despot
Election
Patriot
Lapse
12th Amendment
1) A ruler who abuses their power with
unjust laws:________________.
2) A word that means Òthe newspaper
businessÓ:________________.
3) Someone who might be from Mars or
Jupiter, but usually is just the citizen
of another
country who has come to live in the U.S.:_______________.
4) Word which means the printing of false
and damaging statements about
someone
(which is against the law):_________.
5) A word meaning to let expire or come to
an end. President Jefferson let
the
Alien and
Sedition Acts _______________.
6) The idea that states could reject laws
passed by Congress if those laws
were against
the Constitution:_______________.
7) A word meaning acts that attempt to
destroy the government:______________.
8) Someone who loves his or her
country:________________.
9) How Americans usually decide which laws
should be passed:______________.
10) A change in the Constitution to make
sure voters choose one person to be
President and one person to be Vice President:________________.
Thought
Question: Why did Thomas Jefferson
oppose the Sedition Acts? Why
did John Adams approve of them?