D. When the battle of Yorktown happened General Washington kept the British at bay on land and the French kept the British at bay on the sea. Please Mark as Brainliest.
Answer:
D
Explanation:
The south wanted to ensure slavery would continue and new states would make the Political power uneven.
The larger goal was uniting Americans around the war effort.
Cracking down on dissent would be a negative action in support of the larger, positive goal the government sought. The government wanted a fully united public in support of the war, and so it put out the message that that freedom of speech might have its limits in times of war.
