John Adams Presidency and the Federalist Era

What political party was John Adams a member of?

• Federalist

• Democratic-Republican

Illegal to write, print, say, or publish any false or hostile words against the government

• Alien Enemies Act

• Sedition Act

• Alien Act

• Naturalization Act

What is the name of the event in which the French foreign minister refused to meet with U.S. diplomats and demand a bribe?

• X, Y, Z Affair

• Jay's Treaty

• Treaty of Paris

• Bribery Affair

After the X,Y,Z Affair congress and John Adams sent naval ships over to France. This started what is known as the _______.

• Quasi War

• Battle of France

• Revolutionary War

• Naval War

Why were the Democratic-Republicans (and most Americans) so upset by the Alien and Sedition Acts?

• because they didn't believe in free speech

• because they violated the rights protected in the Constitution

• because they were scared of immigrants and wanted them deported

• because they hated any laws the Federalists passed

Who was the second president of the U.S.?

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Aaron Burr

• George Washington

In response to Adams’ concern over French spying from within the U.S., Adams - 

• imprisoned all persons of Spanish ethnicity living in the U.S.

• issued the Alien Act which allowed the government to imprison French people believed to be dangerous

• revoked the visas of most French officials he believed were spies

• passed the Sedition Act which jailed any person critiquing the American government during war time

The 1^st President is to Washington as

                The 2^nd President is to  ______________

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Adams

• John Hancock

• James Armistead

Identify the major problem faced by John Adams during his presidency.

• Creating an economic system to pay off America’s war debt

• How to hold the country together in the face of emerging political parties

• Establishing a precedence for how the court system is to operate

• Dealing with the French in response to captured American vessels

What was one of the main challenges John Adams faced during his presidency?

• A) Managing relations with France

• B) Establishing the Supreme Court

• C) Drafting the Bill of Rights

• D) Ending the Revolutionary War