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John Adams Presidency Review

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A group of laws passed under President Adams in 1798 to restrict the activities of foreigners and limt the freedom of speech and press

a)

Virginia & Kentucky Resolution

b)

XYZ Affair

c)

Alien & Sedition Acts

d)

Quasi War

2.

Not in agreement (violates) with the U.S. Constitution

a)

unconstitutional

b)

nullification

c)

deport

d)

treason

3.

A representative of a country's government who takes part in talks with other nations

a)

refugee

b)

alien

c)

immigrant

d)

diplomat

4.

Who came in second the the election of 1796, making him vice president?

a)

John Adams

b)

Aaron Burr

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

Thomas Jefferson

5.

Vocabulary:

the crime of encouraging rebellion against the government

a)

loose construction

b)

nullify

c)

sedition

d)

strict construction

6.

Which of these was one of the ways Republicans viewed the Alien and Sedition Acts?

a)

as a tool to remove political parties

b)

as a way to increase citizen's rights

c)

as an attack on the right of free speech

d)

as necessary to keep order in the new nation

7.

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

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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

11.

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

12.

Person who served as vice president under John Adams

a)

George Washington

b)

Aaron Burr

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Alexander Hamilton

13.

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

14.

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

15.

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

16.

Hamilton supported this person over Burr in the 1800 election

a)

Jefferson

b)

Adams

c)

Hamilton

d)

Franklin