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Adams Administration Review

Practice Problem #1

Match the terms and descriptions.

Description:

  1. President of the United States from 1797-1801; member of the Federalist Party
  2. Vice president under John Adams from 1797-1801; member of the Democratic-Republican Party
  3. Incident in which the French foreign minister refused to meet with three American commissioners unless the commissioners first agreed to pay a bribe; the Americans refused the bribe and referred to the French delegates demanding the money as "X, Y, and Z"; the affair generated increased hostility towards the French in the United States
  4. The French Foreign Minister who demanded bribes from the United States to negotiate in the XYZ Affair
  5. The United States and France fought in a _______blank, or undeclared war, during Adams administration; the conflict was resolved before the end of Adams term in office
  6. A series of four acts whose purpose was to silence Democratic-Republican opposition; the acts were controversial due to their violation of constitutional rights
  7. Resolutions passed by the states of Virginia and Kentucky that said their states had the right to nullify, or reject, federal laws that they believed to be unconstitutional; passed in response to the controversial Alien and Sedition Acts
  8. A right to declare a federal law unconstitutional or reject it as "null and void"
  9. Closely contested election between John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Aaron Burr; due to the lack of a majority in the Electoral College, the election was decided in the House of Representatives; after numerous votes Thomas Jefferson was elected president and Aaron Burr Vice president
  10. The election of 1800 was also called _______blank due to its extremely negative and nasty campaign.
  11. Judicial appointments made by President Adams shortly before leaving office; Adams appointed Federalists to the positions
  12. John Adams appointed _______blank as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in January 1801.

Terms:

  • Alien and Sedition Acts
  • Talleyrand
  • Election of 1800
  • Revolution of 1800
  • XYZ Affair
  • nullification
  • Midnight Judges
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • John Marshall
  • Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
  • Quasi-War
  • John Adams

Answers:

  1. President of the United States from 1797-1801; member of the Federalist Party

    Answer: John Adams

  2. Vice president under John Adams from 1797-1801; member of the Democratic-Republican Party

    Answer: Thomas Jefferson

  3. Incident in which the French foreign minister refused to meet with three American commissioners unless the commissioners first agreed to pay a bribe; the Americans refused the bribe and referred to the French delegates demanding the money as "X, Y, and Z"; the affair generated increased hostility towards the French in the United States

    Answer: XYZ Affair

  4. The French Foreign Minister who demanded bribes from the United States to negotiate in the XYZ Affair

    Answer: Talleyrand

  5. The United States and France fought in a _______blank, or undeclared war, during Adams administration; the conflict was resolved before the end of Adams term in office

    Answer: Quasi-War

  6. A series of four acts whose purpose was to silence Democratic-Republican opposition; the acts were controversial due to their violation of constitutional rights

    Answer: Alien and Sedition Acts

  7. Resolutions passed by the states of Virginia and Kentucky that said their states had the right to nullify, or reject, federal laws that they believed to be unconstitutional; passed in response to the controversial Alien and Sedition Acts

    Answer: Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

  8. A right to declare a federal law unconstitutional or reject it as "null and void"

    Answer: nullification

  9. Closely contested election between John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Aaron Burr; due to the lack of a majority in the Electoral College, the election was decided in the House of Representatives; after numerous votes Thomas Jefferson was elected president and Aaron Burr Vice president

    Answer: Election of 1800

  10. The election of 1800 was also called _______blank due to its extremely negative and nasty campaign.

    Answer: Revolution of 1800

  11. Judicial appointments made by President Adams shortly before leaving office; Adams appointed Federalists to the positions

    Answer: Midnight Judges

  12. John Adams appointed _______blank as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in January 1801.

    Answer: John Marshall

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