Question

During the John Adams administration, the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

• A. introduced the idea of nullification.
• B. resolved the conflict over the Alien and Sedition Acts.
• C. were supported by the Federalists.
• D. were written by James Madison and Alexander Hamilton.
• E. were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

Answer 1

The correct option is A introduced the idea of nullification.

The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (or Resolves) were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799, in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.