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A Time for Dilemma: John Adams and the French Problem President John Adams The XYZ Affair The Alien and Sedition Acts
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A Time for Dilemma: John Adams and the French Problem
President John AdamsThe XYZ Affair
The Alien and Sedition Acts
The Election of 1796
Hamilton was the first Federalists choice for president but he was considered too controversial to run
Adams (Federalist) is chosen and is elected president in ________(1)
The XYZ Affair
The French and the US had a broken relationship after the US did not support France against Britain
Adams sent agents to try and mend the alliance between the US and France
The XYZ Affair
French agents demanded a (2)_________ of $250,000 and a $12M loan before they would talk to the American agents about a treaty
Adams embarrasses the Republicans by announcing to the nation how the French behaved
The nation prepares for a possible war
His Presidency
Adams was strong willed and disliked the opposite party, the (3)______________ - _______________
Adams’ personality makes it hard for him to unify his own party, the (4)____________
He’s perceived as weak when threatened by France with war and does not act on their threat
The Alien and Sedition Acts
Federalists feared that Republicans and the French will become (5)__________
French and British refugees are coming to the United States to escape the war
The Federalists will pass several laws to keep the Republicans for complaining against how the Federalists are running things
The Alien and Sedition Acts
June 18, 1798 The Naturalization Act requires a longer amount of residence in the US to become a citizen
June 25, 1798 Alien Act gave the president the power to expel foreigners (used against the French)
July 14, 1798 Sedition Act made it a crime to publish criticisms of the (6)_______________
Politicians can be vindictive
The Federalists (Adams’ party) attempted to silence criticism from the Republican party by enforcing the Sedition Act
Ben Franklin’s son is actually (7)_____________ for violating the Act
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions,1798
Jefferson and Madison believe that the Sedition Act violates the (8)____ Amendment
They argue that states can nullify a federal law if the state believes it to be (9)________________
The Resolves were a ploy to jumpstart Jefferson’s bid for (10)________________ in the next election
