A Major Factor in President John Adams's Failure to Be

question 30

Multiple Choice

A major factor in President John Adams's failure to be reelected in 1800 was

• A) his failure to secure a balanced budget.
• B) his support for abolition of slavery.
• C) his use of the Alien and Sedition Acts against his political opponents in the United States.
• D) his use of the Sedition Act to subversively aid the French.
• E) his ruling that the Bill of Rights was unconstitutional.

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