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MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
John Adams was elected as the ____ President of the U.S.
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First
B
Second
C
Third
D
Fourth
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -John Adams, a remarkable political philosopher, served as the second President of the United States (1797-1801), after serving as the first Vice President under President George Washington.

Detailed explanation-2: -Having finished second to George Washington in the first U.S. presidential election in 1789 and serving as Washington’s vice president (1789–97), Adams won a narrow victory over Thomas Jefferson to be elected as the second president of the United States in 1796.

Detailed explanation-3: -Adams’ characteristic aloofness and refusal to enter directly into political conflict probably cost him his reelection in 1800. John Adams signed the unpopular Alien & Sedition Acts of 1798.

Detailed explanation-4: -John Quincy Adams, son of John and Abigail Adams, served as the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829.

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