MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR
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questions concerning the wisdom of the Louisiana Purchase
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conflict between Adams and Vice President Thomas Jefferson
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tensions between France and the United States because of the XYZ Affair
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controversy over a law that allowed the government to deport “enemy” aliens
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Detailed explanation-1: -On the one hand, his aloofness and refusal to enter directly into political conflict probably undermined his effectiveness and cost him his reelection in 1800. His stubborn independence left him politically isolated and alone. Even his own cabinet opposed his policies much of the time.
Detailed explanation-2: -President Adams’s style was largely to leave domestic matters to Congress and to control foreign policy himself. Not only did the Constitution vest the President with responsibility for foreign policy but perhaps no other American had as much diplomatic experience as Adams.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which of these was a major source of conflict between President John Adams and Vice President Thomas Jefferson? Thomas Jefferson opposed the Alien and Sedition Acts passed by the Federalist Congress.