1/13: Review for Quiz 1

In the January 6th, 2021 Insurrection; extreme, radical supporters of President Trump were trying to...

• burn down the White House.

• stop President-Elect Biden from becoming the next president.

• burn down the U.S. Capital Building.

• take over Congress and start making laws as the new Congress themselves.

Who won the Election of 1796?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Samuel Adams

• Charles Pincney

Who became vice president in the election of 1796?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• Charles Pinckney

• James Madison

Why was it a problem for Jefferson to be Vice President under Adams?

• Adams and Jefferson's friendship would get in the way of their jobs.

• Adams was a Federalist and Jefferson was a Democratic Republican.

• Jefferson owned slaves, which was against the Constitution at the time.

• Jefferson flirted with Adams' wife, Abigail way too much.

Which Constitutional Amendment fixed the problem of the president and vice president being from different parties?

• 10th (Tenth)

• 11th (Eleventh)

• 12th (twelfth)

• 13th (thirteenth)

In the _, the French demanded a bribe before they would allow Americans to even talk to them about stopping the French attacks of American ships.

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• XYZ Affair

• Jay Treaty

• Franco-Prussian War

President Adams handled the XYZ Affair by...

• asking Congress for a declaration of war against France.

• paying the bribe tot he French so they could start talks.

• asking George Washington to go come out of retirement and send a message to France.

• building up the U.S. navy and trying negotiations a second time.

Because the young United States was bitterly torn between pro-French Democratic Republicans and pro-British Federalists, we were at a high risk of ripping each other apart in 1798. President Adams' attempt to solve this problem was...

• strengthening police forces in local cities.

• sending a message to the American people asking for calm.

• signing the Alien and Sedition Acts.

• firing Vice President Thomas Jefferson.

The Alien and Sedition Acts made it against the law to write anything negative about the U.S. government. Which Amendment to the Constitution does this violate?

• 1st (First)

• 2nd (Second)

• 4th (Fourth)

• 5th (Fifth)

Which History Loop Technique applies to this: Adams violated people's Freedom of Speech and Press by signing the Alien and Sedition Acts. What may have influenced his decision, though, was that at the time, it was common for people to be arrested for sedition-causing disruption by saying bad things about the government.

• Technique I: Empathy

• Technique II: Beliefs

• Technique III: Opinions

• Technique iV: Beliefs

• Technique V: What if?