Define and explain the purpose of the virginia and kentucky resolution in response to the alien/sedition acts

The 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts were a series of laws passed by Congress and signed into law by President Adams. These Alien laws included the ability to new powers to deport immigrants and making it harder for new immigrants to vote (raising the time for residence from 5 years to 14 years). The Sedition Act prohibited public opposition to the federal government. Violators could face fines and/or imprisonment for writing, uttering, printing, or publishing false or malicious writing against the government.

The purpose of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolution (1798/1799) were political statements drafted by Kentucky and Virginia legislatures condemning the Alien and Sedition Acts as unconstitutional. The Kentucky Resolution declared that states individually have the power to declare federal laws unconstitutional. The Virginia Acts assert that states have the power to interpose unconstitutional laws.

the anti federalists was a movement that was opposed to the creation of a us federal government. although they were not as organized as the federalists, they also had a large group of leaders, especially in state politics.

the statement "now, in a large extended country, it is impossible to have a representation, possessing the sentiments, and of integrity, to declare the minds of the people” represents the concerns of the anti federalists.

they strongly believed that the federalists were representing the interests of aristocratic elements of society at the expense of the majority of ordinary people, who lived in a rural society.

their fear for the creation of a strong federal government and the president’s power of veto in their opinion would create a tyrannical rule that would dominate the people. they defended the importance of restraining the government’s power towards people at any cost.

even though you have attached neither the chart nor the generalizations, i have located them online. the right answer is d, since they are asking you about a generalization. you can only infer from the chart that between 2008 and 2009 the number of employed workers decreased significantly (from over 115 millions to 107 millions approximately), which signals some type of economic crisis.