The Adams Presidency
This Federalist won the Election of 1796 to become the 2nd President.
Who is John Adams?
The XYZ Affair involved a diplomatic incident with this European country.
What is France?
This law made it a crime to speak or write critically about the government or President.
What is the Sedition Act?
These two candidates tied with 73 electoral votes each in 1800.
Who are Jefferson and Burr?
This economic term means the government should play as small a role as possible in affairs.
What is laissez-faire?
Under the original system, this runner-up in 1796 became Vice President despite being from the opposing party.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
French agents demanded this specific amount as a bribe just to begin negotiations.
What is $250,000?
The Federalists passed these acts to stop the growth of this rival political party.
What is the Democratic-Republican Party?
Because of the tie, the election was decided by this group.
What is the House of Representatives?
Jefferson repealed this unpopular tax that had caused a rebellion under Washington.
What is the Whiskey Tax?
This treaty with Great Britain protected trade but deeply upset the French.
What is the Jay Treaty?
This group, led by Alexander Hamilton, wanted war with France and split from Adams when he chose neutrality.
Who are the Federalists?
Many people felt these acts violated this specific Amendment.
What is the First Amendment?
This Federalist leader influenced the House to vote for Jefferson because he disliked Burr so much.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
Although he wanted to shrink the government, Jefferson kept this Federalist financial institution.
What is the Bank of the United States?
Adams took this military action to protect American ships from French attacks instead of declaring war.
What is strengthening/building up the Navy?
This French leader didn't want to fight the U.S. because he was already busy fighting Great Britain.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
These two states passed resolutions claiming they could nullify the acts.
What are Kentucky and Virginia?
This is how the Federalist party was permanently weakened in 1804.
What is Hamilton being killed in a duel?
This is the idea that the Supreme Court has the final say on what is constitutional.
What is Judicial Review?
This famous slogan showed America's refusal to pay bribes to France.
What is "Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute"?
The name "XYZ" refers to this.
Who are the three anonymous French agents?
To "nullify" a law means a state does this to it.
What is cancel it or refuse to follow it?
Jefferson called for this in his inaugural address to calm Federalist fears.
What is unity?
This landmark Supreme Court case established Judicial Review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?