The XYZ affair led to a period of anti-French sentiment in the United States, which was problematic as the French has been the key ally during the American revolution some 20 years before and was one of the primary reasons the United States was able to defeat Great Britain.
However, over those 20 years, France had undergone a revolution of their own and the United States decided to remain neutral in France's war against Great Britain.
I think it might be d that’s what my teacher said
Isn’t that the most simplified answer? is there an equals sign on the equation
First question: he started making alliances after coming to power and a war did happen, so we have to choose amog the two other options:
give powerful and persuasive speeches
create industry and employment where none existed
I find that they're both true and that an even better answer would be that he gave people huge promises of making Italy great again.
If I can choose only one option, then "speeches" is better, since the other one required him to be in power already to do
second question: while the last option did happen, as minorities were persecuted, the major mechanism of keeping the population in control was controlling resistance, so the correct answer is the first one.