Adams Admin & Political Parties

What were the two dominant political parties in the 1790s?

• Federalists and Democratic Republicans

• Federalists and Democrats

• Democrats and Republicans

• Whigs and the Know Nothings

Under the Alien Act, Congress gave President Adams the right to?

• Deport any foreigner deemed dangerous to the United States

• Arrest and execute any foreigner deemed dangerous to the United States

• Make contact with the outside world

• Jail journalists who criticize the Adams Administration

The Sedition Act enabled the government to?

• Jail journalists who criticize the Adams Administration

• Execute journalists who criticize the Adams Administration

• Deport journalists who criticize the Adams Administration

• threaten to give journalists steps but never actually does

Which 3 (three) groups were targets of the Alien and Sedition Acts? (Choose 3)

• Immigrants who were not yet citizens of the United States.

• Newspapers run by members of the Federalist party

• Newspapers run by members of the Democratic-Republican party

• People who were sympathetic to France.

Which did NOT occur during the XYZ affair?

• French secret agents attempted to Bribe the US diplomats
• French ships impressed American sailors
• American diplomats attempted to negotiate peace
• the US declared war on France

During the XYZ Affair the French wanted a __________ in order to negotiate with the United States delegates.

• treaty

• bribe

• presidential pardon

• guarantee

Adams response to the French during the XYZ Affair was to...

• Send diplomats to pay the bribe in order to gain safe passage through the Atlantic

• Cut off all ties with France and Britain and start to do business with China and Japan

• Refuse to pay the bribe and build up the US military forces to defend the American shipping industry abroad

• Do nothing

Democratic-Republicans viewed the Sedition Act as a violation of which Amendment?

• The 1st

• The 2nd

• The 8th

• The 10th

 Why were the Alien and Sedition Acts passed?

• To silence Democratic-Republican opposition
• To promote immigration to the US
• To end immigration to the US
• To improve conditions for immigrants to the US

Which party believed in strong state governments?

• Federalists

• Democratic Republicans