The correct answer is letter D. The Adams administration supported the alien act because it was concerned about p<span>ossible subversive elements in society. This was a very controversial act that undermined his administration which eventually paved the way for the presidency of Thomas Jefferson in the 1800s. </span>
The strategy of containment is known as the cold war foreign policy of the united states and its allies to prevent the spread of communism after world war 2 ended.