Expanding the Republic
You should be familiar with the following topics for your exam:
- How the XYZ Affair plagued Adams’ administration and resulted in unpopular laws in America
- Divisions between Adams and Jefferson as two of America’s first leaders
- Struggles in federalism, that is the continued development in national and state relations, and which entity had authority over particular areas of law
- How competing ideas resulted in the creation of American political parties
- The manner in which Jefferson won the election of 1800
- How the United States’ territory expanded under Jefferson