President Adams' Foreign Policy Challenge

Which of these events challenged the foreign policy of President Adams?

• attacks on U.S. ships

• refusal to pay France loans

• Spanish invasion of the country

• British policies towards African Americans

Who was sent to London to settle the dispute between the United States and Great Britain in the Ohio Valley?

• Chief Justice John Jay

• Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson

• Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton

• Secretary of War Henry Knox

What did the Jay Treaty accomplish in 1794?

• The United States bought land from Spain

• The British agreed to support the French Revolution

• The United States reserved land for Native Americans

• The British removed troops from the Ohio Valley

True or False: France responded to the Jay Treaty by attacking U.S. merchant ships headed to Great Britain.

• True

• False

What slogan portrayed the U.S. response to the XYZ Affair?

• Free trade and sailors rights!

• No taxation without representation!

• Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute!

• First in war, first in peace!

Which of these was an important achievement of the Adams administration?

• the nation was at peace

• the country grew in size

• the Federalist party was strong

• the alliances with other countries were strengthened

True of False:

John Adams regretted making peace with France because it cost him popularity and votes when he ran for reelection in 1800.

• True

• False

People:

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court sent to London to settle a dispute about British troops in the Ohio Valley.

• John Jay

• Talleyrand

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Stephan Decatur

People:

French Foreign Minister refused to meet with American representatives unless they paid him tribute.

• John Jay

• Talleyrand

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Stephan Decatur

Presidents:

Kept the United States at peace by securing a treaty with France.

• John Adams

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison