John Adams Vocab

Fill in the blank: _______ means to take possession of by force.

• Seized

• Occupied

• Captured

• Apprehended

Fill in the blank: _______ refers to the rights that states have over the Federal government.

• states' rights

• federal rights

• citizens' rights

• state privileges

Fill in the blank: _______ is the act of saying, writing, or encouraging people to disobey their government.

• Sedition

• Treason

• Insurrection

• Subversion

Fill in the blank: _______ was an insult to the American delegation when they were supposed to be meeting with French Foreign Minister, Talleyrand, but instead they were set 3 official Adams called XYZ and demanded a $250,000 bribe.

• XYZ Affair

• ABC Incident

• DEF Incident

• GHI Scandal

Fill in the blank: _______ were acts passed by Federalists to keep them in power.

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• Alien and Revision Acts

• Federalist Suppression Acts

• Nationwide Repression Acts

Fill in the blank: _______ is when the British force Americans to join the army.

• Impressment

• Enlistment

• Conscription

• Imperial Service