4. The Alien and Sedition Acts were passed because A) there was a great deal of public support for restricting immigration.
B) the country had no effective naturalization laws.
C) foreign agents posed a serious threat to the security of the country.
D) the Federalists wanted to crush dissent and stop the growth of the Democratic-Republican Party.

D

Explanation:

the Federalists wanted to crush dissent and stop the growth of the Democratic-Republican Party.

i receive this honor with deep gratitude and great humility. it is an award that speaks to our highest aspirations — that for all the cruelty and hardship of our world, we are not mere prisoners of fate. our actions matter, and can bend history in the direction of justice.

this is a way. : )

a historian researching the immigration policies of the early 1900s would expect a source written today,rather than in 1910 to :

( a ) be more interested in objective data and statistics.