bell ringer what were challenges to adam’s presidency?
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Bell Ringer
What were challenges to
Adam’s presidency?
Exit Ticket
What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?
What was the arguments for and against them?
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What was your favorite Super Bowl
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John Adams Presidency
Adams Takes Office• 1796 – 1st political election
w/political parties• Federalist = John Adams
VS.• Dem. Rep. = Thomas
Jefferson• Pinckney and Burr were also
candidates in the election, but Adams beat Jefferson by 3 votes.
Problems With France• Britain and France still at
war• France seizing U.S. ships
– no trade w/ Britain• Adams sent
representatives to France
• France didn’t want to talk
Problems With France• XYZ Affair– France wanted $10 million
in loans– $250,000 to French
minister Talleyrand, just to talk with the U.S. representatives
• U.S. Congress repealed all treaties with France
• U.S. ships started to seize French ships and fight an undeclared naval war.
Alien and Sedition Acts• Increased the waiting
period for becoming a U.S. citizen from 5 to 14 years.
• Gave the President power to arrest disloyal aliens
• Outlawed sedition (slander on U.S. gov.)
• Very controversial• Used to silence Dem-Rep• Adams believed that people
wanted this• Legacy of Adams presidency
States’ Rights
• Jefferson and Madison looked for a loophole
• States’ Rights: – states had the right to
judge if government passed an unconstitutional law.
• Can be compared to the Patriot Act
Election of 1800• Sedition Act and federal taxes very
unpopular• Adams ran for president but people
disliked him• Tie between Thomas Jefferson and his
running mate Aaron Burr (both demo-reps)
• Vote went to the House of Representatives.
• Hamilton used his influence in support of Jefferson.
• This enraged Burr. His hatred of Hamilton increased until it led to the famous duel in 1804 in which Hamilton dies.
Why did the XYZ Affair anger Adams?
What did U.S. citizens want Adams to do?
Why was Adams not reelected? Do you
think his presidency was a success or a
failure?
What do you think was Hamilton’s greatest
legacy? Why?
•What were the dangers of Adams
keeping Washington’s cabinet?
What were the three main ideas Washington
warned the Government not to do
in his Farewell Address?
Why was signing the Alien and Sedition Act
and then crossing Hamilton a bad idea
for Adams?
Why did the XYZ Affair lead us closer to war
with the French?
•What did Aaron Burr do to avenge the betrayal of
Hamilton?