The "Kentucky Resolutions"

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Thomas Jefferson, "The Kentucky Resolutions” (1798)

The Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)

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Did the argument of the Kentucky Resolutions challenge the Constitution or uphold it?

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Why was the federal government so ill-equipped to deal with political conflicts at this time?

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