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John Adams

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20 questions
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Consider the video above. What was Adams' biggest challenge as President?

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What was the XYZ affair?

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What was the most controversial thing Adams did as President?

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Where was Adams from?

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What did he do duing the Revolutionary War?

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How did Adams describe the office of Vice-President?

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What was the Directory in France?

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Who refused to meet with the American Diplomats?

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What did French agents, XY and Z demand before dealing with the American Diplomats?

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What did Adams do to prepare for a potential war with France?

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What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?

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Although war never broke out, where did a few skirmishes take place?

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Who defeated Adams in the election of 1800?

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Adams was the first president to take up residency where?

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What did he do after he left office?

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When did he die, what were his last words, and what is interesting about them?

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Consider this cartoon. What does the snake represent?

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What were the Alien and Sedition Acts? (look it up, it's a vocabulary word.)

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What do the children represent?

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What is the cartoonist trying to say?