The text below is adapted from the Alien and Sedition Acts. Match each passage from the Alien and Sedition Acts with its meaning.

Question

1. "It shall be lawful for the president to order any aliens that he shall judge dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States, or that he has reason to suspect are involved in any [acts of treason] or secret plots against the government, to leave the United States."
2. "When the United States is at war, all natives, citizens, residents, or subjects of the enemy nation, who shall be within the United States, and not currently citizens, can be arrested, [put in prison], and sent out of the country as alien enemies."
3. "If any person shall write, print, speak, or publish false, scandalous, and malicious statements against the government, or the Congress, or the president, with the purpose of damaging their reputation, then that person can be put in prison."

answer choices
A. The president can force foreigners to leave the country if they are suspected of being dangerous or working against the government.
B. It is illegal for people to write or say critical and untrue things about the government, the president, or member of Congress.
C. The government can imprison or deport people from countries the United States is at war with if those people are not citizens of the United States.

Answer 1

Here are the matched passages from the Alien and Sedition Acts with their meanings:

1. "It shall be lawful for the president to order any aliens that he shall judge dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States, or that he has reason to suspect are involved in any [acts of treason] or secret plots against the government, to leave the United States."
   A. The president can force foreigners to leave the country if they are suspected of being dangerous or working against the government.

2. "When the United States is at war, all natives, citizens, residents, or subjects of the enemy nation, who shall be within the United States, and not currently citizens, can be arrested, [put in prison], and sent out of the country as alien enemies."
   C. The government can imprison or deport people from countries the United States is at war with if those people are not citizens of the United States.

3. "If any person shall write, print, speak, or publish false, scandalous, and malicious statements against the government, or the Congress, or the president, with the purpose of damaging their reputation, then that person can be put in prison."
   B. It is illegal for people to write or say critical and untrue things about the government, the president, or members of Congress.