John adams signed the 1798 law; it punished the critics of the president.

Alien and Sedition acts.

or possibly Alien Friends Act and Alien Enemies act. Which are part of the Alien and Sedition acts. Alien Enemy act is what quited and punished the critics of the presidemt but it was part of the Alien and Sedition acts.

The slope of a linear equation is equal to the change in the value of the dependent variable divided by the change in the value of the independent variable. in this problem, the dependent variable is the profit while the independent variable is the worker's average pay. if the profit is said to increase by 1500 when worker's average pay decrease by 450, the slope is equal to 1500/(-450)=-3.33