WorksheetsJohn Adams Presidency Review
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
A group of laws passed under President Adams in 1798 to restrict the activities of foreigners and limt the freedom of speech and press
Virginia & Kentucky Resolution
XYZ Affair
Alien & Sedition Acts
Quasi War
Not in agreement (violates) with the U.S. Constitution
unconstitutional
nullification
deport
treason
A representative of a country's government who takes part in talks with other nations
refugee
alien
immigrant
diplomat
Who came in second the the election of 1796, making him vice president?
John Adams
Aaron Burr
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
Vocabulary:
the crime of encouraging rebellion against the government
loose construction
nullify
sedition
strict construction
Which of these was one of the ways Republicans viewed the Alien and Sedition Acts?
as a tool to remove political parties
as a way to increase citizen's rights
as an attack on the right of free speech
as necessary to keep order in the new nation
Arguments that stated the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional
XYZ Resolutions
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
Virginia and Pennsylvania Resolutions
ABC Resolutions
Situation in which French agents told US diplomats that the French foreign minister Talleyrand would only discuss a treaty in exchange for money
ABC affair
Kentucky affair
Talleyrand affair
XYZ affair
Political party that wanted to strengthen the power of the federal government and to promote industry and trade
Democratic-Republican Party
Democratic Party
Federalist Party
Republican Party
Person who ran with Thomas Jefferson against Adams and Pinckney in the 1800 presidential election
Aaron Burr
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Political party that wanted to limit the power of the federal government
Democratic Republican Party
Democratic Party
Federalist Party
Republican Party
Person who served as vice president under John Adams
George Washington
Aaron Burr
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
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
Alien and Sedition Acts
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
XYZ Affair
Twelfth Amendment
Person who won the 1796 presidential election and became the second president of the US
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
John Adams
Governmental body that broke the tie between Jefferson and Burr in the 1800 presidential election
Cabinet
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Hamilton supported this person over Burr in the 1800 election
Jefferson
Adams
Hamilton
Franklin
