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How did the conflict between states' rights and federal authority manifest during John Adams's presidency?
A.
Some states claimed that limits on slavery violated state police powers and refused to enforce antislavery laws.
B.
Some states claimed the Alien and Sedition Acts violated the Constitution and refused to enforce them.
C.
Some states believed the Indian Removal Act violated state authority to govern territory and refused to enforce the act.
D.
Some states believed the president was going to start a war with Great Britain and refused to pay taxes to the federal government.
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During Adams’s presidency (1798) the Federalist Congress passed the Alien and Sedition Acts. Jefferson and Madison responded with the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, arguing those acts were unconstitutional and asserting state authority to interpose or nullify them — a direct states’ rights challenge to federal power.
During Adams’s presidency (1798) the Federalist Congress passed the Alien and Sedition Acts. Jefferson and Madison responded with the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, arguing those acts were unconstitutional and asserting state authority to interpose or nullify them — a direct states’ rights challenge to federal power.
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