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 * = == Launching the Nation == ||
 * = Section 4: JOHN ADAM'S PRESIDENCY ||
 * = FEBRUARY 28 2011 ||

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: WHAT WERE THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF NATIONAL GROWTH?

__**Objectives:**__ Students will learn that. . . 1. The rise of political parties created competition in the election of 1796. 2. The XYZ affair caused problems for President John Adams. 3. Controversy broke out over the Alien and Sedition Acts.

Vocabulary political parties, Federalist Party, Democratic-Republican Party, XYZ affair, Alien and Sedition Acts, Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions


 * __HISTORICAL CONTEXT:__**

IN 1796, PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON DECIDED THAT TWO TERMS IN OFFICE WAS ENOUGH. BUT AS HE LEFT OFFICE, HER FEARED THE GROWTH OF POLITICAL PARTIES WOULD SPLIT THE NATION INTO ENEMY CAMPS.

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