Question

What was the Democratic-Republican response to the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts?

• A. The Treaty of Ghent
• B. The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions
• C. The Battle of Tippecanoe
• D. The Judiciary Act
• E. The Embargo Act

Answer 1

The correct option is B The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions

The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions were the Democratic-Republican response to the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts. The Kentucky and Virginia Resolution 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.