What Was the XYZ Affair

question 9

Multiple Choice

What was the XYZ affair?

• A)An attempt to bring the United States into the French Revolution on the side of the British
• B)An attempt by the French government to extort a bribe from the United States
• C)An attempt by Jefferson to win the 1800 election through bribery
• D)The result of the British attempt to break the Treaty of Alliance of 1778
• E)The process by which the United States began to secure peace with France

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