Chapter 94. Reflections on Federalists and Republicans, Chapter 9

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Correct. The answer is c. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that ongoing political and economic disputes led American political leaders to identify as either Federalists or Republicans by the mid-1790s, sparked partisan competition in the elections of 1796, and precipitated military and political crises that led to the emergence of open political parties by the time of the election of 1800.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that ongoing political and economic disputes led American political leaders to identify as either Federalists or Republicans by the mid-1790s, sparked partisan competition in the elections of 1796, and precipitated military and political crises that led to the emergence of open political parties by the time of the election of 1800.

Correct. The answer is a. To support her assertion that ongoing political and economic disputes led to distinct and consistent partisanship by the mid-to-late 1790s, the author describes Vice President Thomas Jefferson’s unhappiness over the number of Hamiltonians President John Adams named to his cabinet, and Jefferson’s decision to withdraw from active counsel of the president during the early days of Adams’s term.

Incorrect. The answer is a. To support her assertion that ongoing political and economic disputes led to distinct and consistent partisanship by the mid-to-late 1790s, the author describes Vice President Thomas Jefferson’s unhappiness over the number of Hamiltonians President John Adams named to his cabinet, and Jefferson’s decision to withdraw from active counsel of the president during the early days of Adams’s term.

Correct. The answer is d. To support her argument that the Quasi War raised political tensions in the United States, the author describes Republicans’ stated fears about Adams’s true motives for mobilizing the military. Many Republicans, she suggests, recognized the low chance of an American invasion by France and suspected the real reason Adams enlarged the army was to threaten domestic dissenters.

Incorrect. The answer is d. To support her argument that the Quasi War raised political tensions in the United States, the author describes Republicans’ stated fears about Adams’s true motives for mobilizing the military. Many Republicans, she suggests, recognized the low chance of an American invasion by France and suspected the real reason Adams enlarged the army was to threaten domestic dissenters.

Correct. The answer is b. As evidence that the Alien and Sedition Acts exacerbated partisan antagonism in the late 1790s, the author shows that Republicans understood the laws as an effort to criminalize their opposition to the Federalists and, consequently, hardened their objections to the Federalist agenda and the boundaries between Federalist and Republican identities.

Incorrect. The answer is b. As evidence that the Alien and Sedition Acts exacerbated partisan antagonism in the late 1790s, the author shows that Republicans understood the laws as an effort to criminalize their opposition to the Federalists and, consequently, hardened their objections to the Federalist agenda and the boundaries between Federalist and Republican identities.

Correct. The answer is b. To prove her point that the election of 1800 was openly organized along party lines, the author uses evidence showing that self-designated national leaders of each group met to handpick their candidates for president and vice president.

Incorrect. The answer is b. To prove her point that the election of 1800 was openly organized along party lines, the author uses evidence showing that self-designated national leaders of each group met to handpick their candidates for president and vice president.

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