The XYZ Affair

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The XYZ Affair
http//www.youtube.com/watch?vafB5NJmER5M
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Questions from the video.

• 1.) What year was the XYZ affair?
• 2.) Who was the President during the XYZ affair.
• 3.) What did France do to show that they were
  angry with the United States?
• 4.) Why do you think France was angry with the
  United States? Did the U.S. owe France anything?

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Questions from the video continued.

• 5.) What were the names of the three diplomats
  Adams sent to France?
• 6.) Who were refereed to as X, Y, Z?
• 7.) How much money did France want as a bribe?

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Questions from the text.Text pages p.293,298,299

• 08.) Was the President a Federalist or a
  Republican?
• 09.) What did this political party value?
• 10.) What does it mean to be neutral in a war?
• 11.) Did the American people want to go to war
  with France?
• 12.) How did Adams avoid war with France?
• 13.) Why did France agree to stop attacking
  American ships?

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Cartoon
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Cartoon Questions

• Using what you learned from answering the
  questions. Answer the 5Ws about the cartoon.
• Who-who are the people or groups involved in this
  picture?
• What-what is this cartoon about?
• Where-where do the events of this cartoon take
  place
• When-when was this cartoon drawn?
• Why-why was this cartoon drawn?