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crobinson2013

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Question 1

A bizarre outcome of the 1796 presidential election was that
 
  a. George Washington was elected for a third term in violation of the Constitution.
  b. the president and vice-president were each from different political parties.
  c. both Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson were tied for electoral votes.
  d. the vice-president was brought up on charges of treason and replaced by a new candidate.

Question 2

The XYZ affair refers to
 
  a. the effort of three unidentified French businessmen to arrange a meeting between U.S. ambassador Pinckney and the French government in return for a bribe.
  b. an assassination plot against President Adams, which was discovered when the Secret Service cracked a complex alphanumeric code.
  c. allegations that President Adams had exchanged political favors for an entire laundry list of illegal profits and gifts.
  d. Hamilton's suggestion that Aaron Burr was indeed illiterate, who in return for this insult demanded satisfaction in a duel in which Hamilton got killed.


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ryansturges

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Reply #1 on: Sep 12, 2019

Answer 1

ANSWER: a

Answer 2

ANSWER: a


crobinson2013

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Reply 2 on: Sep 12, 2019
:D TYSM

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