In the XYZ Affair That So Enraged Americans,French Diplomats

question 39

Multiple Choice

In the XYZ affair that so enraged Americans,French diplomats

• A) secretly demanded a large loan, plus a bribe, of American envoys in Paris.
• B) plotted with Spain to regain portions of the Old Northwest.
• C) secretly negotiated with the British to lock the United States out of all trade in the West Indians.
• D) secretly encouraged the Barbary states to attack American ships.
• E) bribed newspaper editors in the United States to stir up anti-Federalist sentiment.

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