John Adams' and Thomas Jefferson's Presidency

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Written by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, this stated that if the federal government were to break its compact with the states then the states would nullify the Alien and Sedition Acts.

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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

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Situation in which French agents told US diplomats that the French foreign minister Talleyrand would only discuss a treaty in exchange for money

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XYZ affair

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Political party of Thomas Jefferson that wanted to protect individual rights and separate many aspects of daily life from the government

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Democratic-Republican Party

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Political party of John Adams that believed in a strong, central government

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Federalist Party

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Person who ran with Thomas Jefferson against Adams and Pinckney in the 1800 presidential election

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Aaron Burr

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Person who served as vice president under John Adams

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Thomas Jefferson

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Laws that allowed the president to expel foreign citizens suspected of treason and made it illegal to oppose any measure of or use false or hostile words against the government

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Alien and Sedition Acts

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Person who won the 1796 presidential election and became the second president of the US

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John Adams

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Constitutional amendment ratified in 1804 that created a separate ballot for president and vice president

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12th

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Governmental body that broke the tie between Jefferson and Burr in the 1800 presidential election

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House of Representatives