CHAPTER 7.4 Questions
Section
4 The Two Party System /pp
254-261
DIRECTIONS:
Answer the following questions on a blank piece of note book paper.
Each question is worth 1 point. Write
your name, date and class period on each page.
When you are done, work on your vocab list, workbook or map.
HE TWO PARTY SYSTEM /pp. 254-261
The First Political Parties
__________________1. When did Political Parties first start to play a role in
national elections?
__________________2. Define what a “Two Party System” is.
__________________3. Can any one have a majority in voting?
__________________4. How did the framers of the Constitution view the Two
Party system?
__________________5. What are “factions”?
__________________6. Why do people join political parties?
__________________7. Who were the Federalists?
__________________8. Who were the Democratic-Republicans?
Jefferson and Hamilton
__________________9. How did Jefferson view Hamilton?
__________________10. What is a “reactionary”?
__________________11. Did Jefferson distrust government?
__________________12. Did Jefferson favor small or large government?
__________________13. Compare the view of rural vs. urban citizens in America
at this time.
__________________14. Why was the District of Columbia formed?
__________________15. Did the Southern and Western farmers stand to gain from
a national bank?
The Election of 1796
__________________16. What did the campaign to succeed Washington become?
The XYZ Affair
__________________17. Was France angry at the US for not helping in their
Revolution?
__________________18. What were the French doing to US merchant ships?
__________________19. Who did President Adams send to France to settle
problems?
__________________20. How was the American delegation received in Paris?
__________________21. Who was the French foreign minister at this time?
__________________22. What was America’s expectation of Talleyrand?
__________________23. What 3 things did Talleyrand demand from the US
delegation?
__________________24. Why did Gerry remain in France?
__________________25. Who wrote the XYZ letter and what did they stand for?
__________________26. What became the Federalist slogan?
__________________27. What new department did Congress create as a result of
the XYZ affair?
__________________28. What happened to the US-France Treaty of Alliance?
The Alien and Sedition Acts
__________________29. Did President Adams favor war with France?
__________________30. Compare the French navy with America’s.
__________________31. How did Hamilton and Jefferson view a war with France?
__________________32. What were Democrats referred to as by the Federalists?
__________________33. What were the goals of the Sedition Acts?
__________________34. List 3 main objectives of these laws ?
__________________35. How was the 1st Amendment challenged by the
Sedition Act?
CHAP
7: Lesson
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Vocab