The XYZ Affair Refers to

question 60

Multiple Choice

The XYZ affair refers to

• A)the effort of three unidentified French businessmen to arrange a meeting between U.S. ambassador Pinckney and the French government in return for a bribe.
• B)an assassination plot against President Adams, which was discovered when the Secret Service cracked a complex alphanumeric code.
• C)allegations that President Adams had exchanged political favors for an entire laundry list of illegal profits and gifts.
• D)Hamilton's suggestion that Aaron Burr was indeed illiterate, who in return for this insult demanded satisfaction in a duel in which Hamilton got killed.

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