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John Adams' Presidency

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Arguments that stated the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional

a)

XYZ Resolutions

b)

Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

c)

Virginia and Pennsylvania Resolutions

d)

ABC Resolutions

2.

Situation in which French agents told US diplomats that the French foreign minister Talleyrand would only discuss a treaty in exchange for money

a)

ABC affair

b)

Kentucky affair

c)

Talleyrand affair

d)

XYZ affair

3.

Political party that wanted to strengthen the power of the federal government and to promote industry and trade

a)

Democratic-Republican Party

b)

Democratic Party

c)

Federalist Party

d)

Republican Party

4.

Person who ran with Thomas Jefferson against Adams and Pinckney in the 1800 presidential election

a)

Aaron Burr

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

George Washington

d)

Benjamin Franklin

5.

Political party that wanted to limit the power of the federal government

a)

Democratic Republican Party

b)

Democratic Party

c)

Federalist Party

d)

Republican Party

6.

Person who served as vice president under John Adams

a)

George Washington

b)

Aaron Burr

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Alexander Hamilton

7.

Groups that organize to hep elect government officials and to influence government policies

a)

interests group

b)

political action groups

c)

political parties

d)

political action committees

8.

Laws that allowed the president to expel foreign citizens suspected of treason and made it illegal to oppose any measure of or use false or hostile words against the government

a)

Alien and Sedition Acts

b)

Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

c)

XYZ Affair

d)

Twelfth Amendment

9.

Person who won the 1796 presidential election and became the second president of the US

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

John Adams

10.

Constitutional amendment ratified in 1804 that created a separate ballot for president and vice president

a)

Twelfth

b)

Second

c)

Twenty second

d)

Tenth

11.

Governmental body that broke the tie between Jefferson and Burr in the 1800 presidential election

a)

Cabinet

b)

Congress

c)

Senate

d)

House of Representatives

12.

Hamilton supported this person over John Adams in the 1796 election

a)

Jefferson

b)

Burr

c)

Pinckney

d)

Hamilton

13.

Hamilton supported this person over Burr in the 1800 election

a)

Jefferson

b)

Adams

c)

Hamilton

d)

Franklin