Early Life
XYZ Affair
Alien and Sedition Acts
Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions
Thanksgiving
100
What was John Adams's job before becoming President of the United States?
What is the Vice President of the United States?
100
What event is represented in this picture?
What is the XYZ Affair?
100
What act allowed the president to deport or imprison aliens thought to be dangerous?
What is the Alien and the Alien Enemies Act?
100
Who wrote the Kentucky Plan?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
What event occurs next week?
What is Thanksgiving?
200
Which President did John Adams serve under?
Who is George Washington?
200
What two countries were involved in the XYZ Affair?
What is the United States & France?
200
What made it illegal for individuals to publish false or malicious materials against the U.S. government or the president?
What is the Sedition Act?
200
Who wrote the Virginia Plan?
Who is James Madison?
200
What day of the week does Thanksgiving occur on?
What is Thursday?
300
What document did John Adams help draft?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
300
What document angered the French, resulting in the XYZ Affair?
What is the Jay's Treaty?
300
What does sedition mean?
What is incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority?
300
Why were the Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions written?
What is they believe the Alien & Sedition Acts violated the Constitution?
300
What are the two symbols of Thanksgiving?
What are pilgrims & turkeys?
400
Who was John Adams's Vice President and the man he defeated in the election of 1796?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
400
When John Adams sent a team to France, what did the French want?
What is a bribe and a loan?
400
What required that aliens be residents for 14 years instead of 5 years before they became eligible for U.S. citizenship?
What is the Naturalization Act?
400
What principle did the Virginia & Kentucky address?
What are states' rights?
400
What ship did the Pilgrims originally come to America aboard?
What is the Mayflower?
500
What event did John Adams provide legal defense counsel for the British soldiers?
What is the Boston Massacre?
500
Why did John Adams, in his report to Congress, use X, Y, and Z in place of the French agents' names?
What is to protect the names of the French agents to continue negotiations with them?
500
What amendment was violated with the Alien and Sedition Acts?
What is the First Amendment?
500
What did the Kentucky Plan state?
What is states could nullify federal laws they thought were unconstitutional?
500
Which President declared Thanksgiving an official holiday?
Hint (Famous for his top hat & preserving the Union)
Who is Abraham Lincoln?