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President Adams' Foreign Policy Challenge

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these events challenged the foreign policy of President Adams?

a)

attacks on U.S. ships

b)

refusal to pay France loans

c)

Spanish invasion of the country

d)

British policies towards African Americans

2.

Who was sent to London to settle the dispute between the United States and Great Britain in the Ohio Valley?

a)

Chief Justice John Jay

b)

Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson

c)

Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton

d)

Secretary of War Henry Knox

3.

What did the Jay Treaty accomplish in 1794?

a)

The United States bought land from Spain

b)

The British agreed to support the French Revolution

c)

The United States reserved land for Native Americans

d)

The British removed troops from the Ohio Valley

4.

True or False: France responded to the Jay Treaty by attacking U.S. merchant ships headed to Great Britain.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What slogan portrayed the U.S. response to the XYZ Affair?

a)

Free trade and sailors rights!

b)

No taxation without representation!

c)

Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute!

d)

First in war, first in peace!

6.

Which of these was an important achievement of the Adams administration?

a)

the nation was at peace

b)

the country grew in size

c)

the Federalist party was strong

d)

the alliances with other countries were strengthened

7.

True of False:

John Adams regretted making peace with France because it cost him popularity and votes when he ran for reelection in 1800.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

People:

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court sent to London to settle a dispute about British troops in the Ohio Valley.

a)

John Jay

b)

Talleyrand

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

Stephan Decatur

9.

People:

French Foreign Minister refused to meet with American representatives unless they paid him tribute.

a)

John Jay

b)

Talleyrand

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

Stephan Decatur

10.

Presidents:

Kept the United States at peace by securing a treaty with France.

a)

John Adams

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Madison

11.

Events & Acts:

The British agreed to pull their troops from the Ohio Valley. 

a)

Jay Treaty

b)

Treaty of Alliance

c)

XYZ Affair

d)

First Barbary War

12.

Events & Acts:

French foreign minister Talleyrand refused to speak to American representatives. Instead, they were met by secret agents. The agents said that no peace talks would be held unless Talleyrand received a large sum of money as a tribute.

a)

Jay Treaty

b)

Treaty of Alliance

c)

XYZ Affair

d)

First Barbary War