John Adams' Presidency

Arguments that stated the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional

• XYZ Resolutions

• Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

• Virginia and Pennsylvania Resolutions

• ABC Resolutions

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

• ABC affair

• Kentucky affair

• Talleyrand affair

• XYZ affair

Political party that wanted to strengthen the power of the federal government and to promote industry and trade

• Democratic-Republican Party

• Democratic Party

• Federalist Party

• Republican Party

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

• Aaron Burr

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

Political party that wanted to limit the power of the federal government

• Democratic Republican Party

• Democratic Party

• Federalist Party

• Republican Party

Person who served as vice president under John Adams

• George Washington

• Aaron Burr

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

Groups that organize to hep elect government officials and to influence government policies

• interests group

• political action groups

• political parties

• political action committees

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

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

• XYZ Affair

• Twelfth Amendment

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

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Adams

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

• Twelfth

• Second

• Twenty second

• Tenth