| A | B |
|---|
| Political Parties | Groups that organize to help elect government officials and set government policies |
| Federalist Party | Political party that believed in a strong central government and promoted industry and trade |
| Democratic-Republican Party | political party that wanted to preserve the power of the state governments |
| John Adams | second president of the U.S. who won 1796 election |
| Thomas Jefferson | Vice president under John Adams |
| XYZ affair | Situation in which the French minister, Talleyrand, wanted a $250,000 bribe |
| Alien and Sedition Acts | Laws that allowed the president to deport foreigners and made it illegal to use hostile words against the government |
| Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions | arguments that claimed that the Alien and Sedition acts were unconstitutional |
| House of Representatives | Legislative body that broke the tie between Jefferson and Burr in 1800 presidential election |
| Twelfth Amendment | Created a separate ballot for the president and vice president |
