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1. What was the XYZ Affair? 
a) A conflict between the United States and France 
b) A federal law that aimed to standardize the sale of public lands in the western territories 
c) A diplomatic incident between the United States and France in 1797-1798 
*d) An increase in anti-French sentiment in the United States
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2. What was the purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts? 
a) To resolve a conflict between the United States and France 
b) To promote western settlement and economic development 
c) To standardize the sale of public lands in the western territories 
*d) To increase the residency requirements for citizenship and authorize the President to deport any non-citizen suspected of dangerous activities, and criminalize making false statements about the government
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3. What was the Quasi-War? 
a) A federal law that aimed to standardize the sale of public lands in the western territories 
b) A diplomatic incident between the United States and France in 1797-1798 
c) A conflict between the United States and France from 1798 to 1800 
*d) An increase in anti-French sentiment in the United States
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4. Who were the Midnight Judges? 
a) Three French agents known only as X, Y, and Z 
b) Federal judges appointed by John Adams in the last few hours of his presidency in 1801 
*c) Federalists appointed to maintain control of the judiciary and counteract the incoming Jeffersonian administration 
d) None of the above
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5. What was the outcome of the XYZ Affair?
 a) A conflict between the United States and France 
*b) An increase in anti-French sentiment in the United States and tensions between the two countries 
c) A federal law that aimed to standardize the sale of public lands in the western territories 
d) A diplomatic incident resolved through negotiations
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6. What was the significance of the Alien and Sedition Acts? 
a) A federal law that aimed to standardize the sale of public lands in the western territories 
b) A conflict between the United States and France from 1798 to 1800 
c) Widely criticized as an attempt to suppress dissent and declared unconstitutional 
*d) Increased residency requirements for citizenship and authorized the President to deport any non-citizen suspected of dangerous activities
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7. What was the purpose of the Land Act of 1800? 
a) A diplomatic incident between the United States and France in 1797-1798 
b) A conflict between the United States and France from 1798 to 1800 
*c) To standardize the sale of public lands in the western territories and promote western settlement and economic development 
d) An increase in anti-French sentiment in the United States
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8. How was the Quasi-War resolved? 
a) Through the appointment of the Midnight Judges b) An increase in anti-French sentiment in the United States 
*c) Through diplomatic negotiations and the signing of the Convention of 1800 
d) Through a federal law that aimed to standardize the sale of public lands in the western territories 
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9. What was the outcome of the Midnight Judges appointments? 
a) A conflict between the United States and France from 1798 to 1800 
b) A federal law that aimed to standardize the sale of public lands in the western territories
 c) An increase in anti-French sentiment in the United States 
*d) A political and constitutional crisis, with the new administration questioning the legitimacy of the appointments 
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10. What was the significance of the Convention of 1800? 
a) A federal law that aimed to standardize the sale of public lands in the western territories 
b) A conflict between the United States and France from 1798 to 1800 
*c) The resolution of the Quasi-War between the United States and France, and the renunciation of the 1778 Treaty of Alliance 
d) An increase in anti-French sentiment in the United