What is one reason why jefferson and madison wrote the resolutions?

a. they wanted to amend the virginia and kentucky constitutions.
b. they felt that the states should pass their own sedition acts.
c. they felt that the alien and sedition acts were unconstitutional.
d. they wanted to support the states staging the whiskey rebellion.

• outlawed literacy tests for voters
• appointed federal examiners with the power to register voters
• required that changes in voting procedures be approved by the federal government
• directed the attorney general to challenge the use of poll taxes in the courts

which title best describes the information in the list?

a. provisions of the twenty-fourth amendment
b. provisions of the fifteenth amendment
c. the voter registration act
d. the voting rights act

what did james madison most likely mean by this quote?

“congress is the first branch of this government.”

a. the judicial branch is what really runs the central government.
b. the power of legislation is the most important part of government.
c. congress has less sovereignty than any other branch of government.
d. the president should have little governmental power compared to congress.