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Essential Question:
What events shaped the presidency
of John Adams?
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• Adams succeeded Washington as president in 1796.
• Crisis: Relations with France
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• President Adams sends a mission to France. This led to a scandal known as the XYZ Affair.
• French agents demanded
that America pay a large bribe.
• The Americans refused. The three French agents were anonymously known as X, Y, and Z.
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• The XYZ Affair caused war fever in America.
• Adams asked Congress to increase the size of the army and rebuild the navy.
• From 1798 – 1800, the United States and France fought an undeclared naval war.
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Adams opposed a full scale war with France
In 1800, Napoleon agreed to stop seizing American ships. Adams avoided a war with France.
Adams sends a mission to France to meet with dictator
Napoleon Bonaparte
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The Alien Act was directed at aliens, or immigrants.
The Sedition Act targeted Republicans.
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1. Increased the time from 5 to 14 years that a person had to live in the United
States before becoming a citizen.
2. Gave the president the power to deport or imprison any alien
considered dangerous.
Alien Act
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H.O.T. Question! Is the United States still
involved in debates about immigration today? What
are the issues?
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1. Limited Free Speech (harsh)
2. Make it a crime to say or write anything false or insulting about the
President, Congress, or the government.
Sedition Act