It is a oligarchy because a monarchy is like the queen of england or king louis the 56 or something like that
Although this period has often been called the Era of Good Feelings due to its one-party dominance, in fact, Democratic-Republicans were deeply divided internally and a new political system was about to be created from the old Republican-Federalist competition that had been known as the First Party System.
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to discourage a Soviet attack
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I think so if the answer is wrong. Please forgive me.
Since it sparked a public scandal, you can think to how people feel about scandals. After getting more info about the Petrov Affair, people were probably felt angry, betrayed, and shocked. (Probably mostly shocked, and maybe some even began to form a prejudice against Russians?)
To help you could see if you could find any quotes about it, on how people felt from maybe news articles or something. You can also go on the history channel's website.
Hope this helped! Good luck!!