MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Democratic-Republican
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Federalist
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Democratic-Republicans wanted to demonstrate loyalty to the French, who had helped them claim their own liberty, although Jefferson only wanted to lend moral support. He did not believe that the French would call upon the United States to uphold their end of the treaty.
Detailed explanation-2: -Democratic Republicans, including Thomas Jefferson, supported the people in the French Revolution. They saw this revolution as a war against the “divine right of kings” and the “proper order”, where the wealthy kings and aristocrats believed they were born into power.
Detailed explanation-3: -Democratic-Republicans were supported by commoners and the middle and lower classes. It was made up of artisans, shopkeepers, frontier settlers, backcountry and poor farmers. Democratic-Republicans were not highly educated and many were illiterate. Democratic-Republicans had most of their support in the South and West.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ideology. The Democratic-Republican Party saw itself as a champion of republicanism and denounced the Federalists as supporters of monarchy and aristocracy. Ralph Brown writes that the party was marked by a “commitment to broad principles of personal liberty, social mobility, and westward expansion."