MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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Detailed explanation-1: -The biography for President Adams and past presidents is courtesy of the White House Historical Association. 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: -On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -George Washington’s Accomplishments Domestically, he nominated the first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, John Jay (1745-1829), signed a bill establishing the first national bank, the Bank of the United States, and set up his own presidential cabinet.
Detailed explanation-4: -All French treaties between the United States and France are declared null and void by vote in Congress, most notably the 1778 Treaty of Alliance. Congress adopts the Sedition Act, the fourth and last of the Alien and Sedition acts.