Question

What did President Jefferson do regarding the Alien and Sedition Acts? A) Enforced them rigorously B) Expanded their scope C) Pardoned people who had been jailed under the acts D) Abolished them immediately

Answer 1

He pressured Congress to abolish the direct tax of 1798 and to repeal the Alien and Sedition Acts, which were still in operation. To emphasize his opposition to the acts, Jefferson personally pardoned the ten victims of those laws who were still in prison.