The First Political Parties

A meeting of members of a political party to choose candidates for upcoming elections.

• Caucauses
• Resolve
• Aliens
• Sedition

To find a solution; to settle a conflict.

• Caucauses
• Resolve
• Aliens
• Sedition

A person living in a country who is not a citizen of that country.

• Caucauses
• Resolve
• Aliens
• Sedition

Activities aimed at weakening the established government by inciting resistance or rebellion to authority.

• Caucauses
• Resolve
• Aliens
• Sedition

To legally overturn; to cancel.

• Nullify
• Resolve
• States Rights
• Sedition

The idea that states should have all powers that the Constitution does not give to the federal government or forbid to the states; theory that individual states are independent and have the right to control their most important affairs.

• Nullify
• Resolve
• States Rights
• Sedition

Which nation began impressment (seizing) our sailors and forcing them to fight for them during the French and British War?

• France
• England
• Holland
• Spain

Three French agents tried to get bribes from the United States and caused a scandal known as the?

• The XYZ Affair
• The Impressment Affair
• The Alien Act
• The Sedition Act

“Millions for defense, but
not one cent for tribute.” Who said this?

• The American People
• The French People
• The British People
• Nobody said this

Who helped America avoid war with France in 1800?

• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjamin Franklin
• John Marshall