Program 4: Testing the Constitution 1793 - Congress Enacts a Fugitive Slave Act 1794 - Congress Passes the 11th Amendment Protecting States Rights 1794 - Freedom to Protest is Tested in the Whiskey Rebellion 1796 - John Adams Becomes the Second President of United States Inaugurating the Two-party System and is Responsible for the 12th Amendment 1798 - Alien and Sedition Acts Usher in a Bleak Period of American Political Freedom 1803 - John Marshall Establishes a Strong Supreme Court Through Marbury v. Madison