Ch.7 Adam's Presidency

John Adams in 60 Seconds

Multiple Choice

Who became the 2nd president of the U.S.?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

Multiple Choice

Who was John Adam's Vice President?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

•NATURALIZATION ACT –
increased number of years to
qualify for U.S. citizenship from
5 to 14 (this act hurt the D-R
because immigrants tended to
vote for D-R candidates)

Multiple Choice

Based on current laws and what we learned last chapter, how many years must someone live in the United States before they can become a citizen

• 5 years

• 7 years

• 2 years

• 14 years

Multiple Choice

What was the longest someone had to wait to become a citizen under Adam's Naturalization Act?

• 14 years

• 5 years

• 7 years

• 16 years

•ALIEN ACT – authorized the President
to deport any aliens considered
dangerous and to detain enemy
citizens in time of war
•SEDITION ACT – made it illegal for
newspaper editors to criticize either
the President or Congress and
imposed heavy penalties (fined or
imprisoned) for editors who violated
the laws

Match

Match the following

• Increased number of years to qualify for US citizenship from 5 to 14

• Authorized the President to depart any aliens considered dangerous and to detain enemy citizens

• made it illegal for newspapers editors to criticize either the President or Congress and imposed heavy penalties

Naturalization Act

Alien Act

Sedition Act

• Naturalization Act

• Alien Act

• Sedition Act

Multiple Choice

The Sedition Act violates which amendment right?

• 1st Amendment

• 3rd Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 6th Amendment

•U.S. merchant ships were being seized
by French warships and privateers
•Seeking peace, Adams sent a
delegation to Paris to negotiate a
treaty
•French ministers known only as X, Y, Z
(their names were never revealed)
requested bribes before they would
enter into negotiations

Multiple Choice

Foreign powers seizing ships, claiming their goods, and forcing the sailors to serve in another country's navy is called?

• impressment

• slavery

• despicable

• entrapment

•U.S. delegates refused and
went home
•Americans wanted to go to war
with France because of this
insult
•Adams opposed going to war
with France and kept the U.S.
out of the European wars
XYZ Affair

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of foreign policies?

• a government's strategy in dealing with other nations.

• plans and actions taken by the government in dealing with issues with its own country.

Multiple Select

Who was sent to France to represent the US in negotiations

• Charles Pickney

• John Marshall

• Elbridge Gerry

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

Multiple Select

How did France respond to the Jay treaty that they thought favored Britain?

• They seized American ships in the West Indies

• They declared War on the United States

• The refused to see Pinckney the representative from America to France

• They demanded that America Increase its aid to Britain

Multiple Choice

Who met the 3 diplomats upon their arrival in France? Who were they sent by?

• they were met by three agents , and sent by the Foreign Minister Talleyrand.

• Met by Foreign Minister Talleyrand, and sent by King Louie

• Met by King Louie

Multiple Choice

What did the men demand from the US diplomats?

• That the U.S. join with them in their fight against Britain.

• That the U.S. stop aiding the enemy

• demanded a $250,000 bribe to meet with Talleyrand

Open Ended

How did the United States react to the XYZ Affair?

•Written by Thomas Jefferson
and James Madison
•States had entered into a
compact and if any act of the
Federal government broke this
compact, a state could nullify
the Federal law

• Written because D-R believed the Alien

and Sedition Acts violated rights
guaranteed by the 1st Amendment

• At this time, the Supreme Court did not

have power to declare laws
unconstitutional

• Crisis will soon fade because Federalists

lose majority in Congress and the
Supreme Court will gain the power to
declare a law unconstitutional

Multiple Choice

The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions showed that _________.

• Kentucky and Virginia had the best state governments

• the federal government was too powerful and could not be stopped

• states had the power to stand up against the federal government

• the Alien and Sedition Acts were good for our country

Federalist
John Adams

Democratic-Republican
Thomas Jefferson

Democratic-Republican
Aaron Burr

Multiple Choice

What party did the John Adams represent?

• Federalist

• Democratic Republican

• Whigs

• Anti-Federalists

Thomas
Jefferson

Aaron Burr

•Electoral
College split
between
Jefferson and
Burr so the vote
went to the
House of
Representatives

Multiple Choice

Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr run for?

• Federalist

• Democratic Republican

• Whigs

• Anti-Federalists

Thomas
Jefferson

Aaron Burr

• Alexander Hamilton

convinced his supporters in
the House to vote for
Jefferson not Burr

Alexander
Hamilton

​WINNER

​Vice

President

Multiple Choice

Whose support helped Jefferson win the election?

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

•The Election of 1800 is called the
REVOLUTION OF 1800 because it
was a peaceful transfer of power
from the Federalists to the
Democratic-Republicans
•Indicated the U.S. Constitutional
system would endure

Election of 1800