Adam's foreign policy led to the division of the Federalist Party as it decided to be in a neutral stance with the war between France and England. However, France did not see neutrality in America's trade with England.
Adam's fear of France made him create a domestic policy connected with a foreign decision, the Alien and Sedition Act. In his belief, this would help prevent France from getting into American government. The people did not believe that this can be a solution to the involvement in the quasi-war. These events made the people them lose their confidence to vote Adam for President.
The grandfather clause was widley used more by the southern states during the reconstruction and the jim crow era, were they would ask black voters to show their grandparent's aquired or granted rights; sometimes even asking to prove the ownership of said granparent over a piece of land with a property title
A limited government protects individual freedoms.
Explanation:
The government has no say in what people say about the president or the country itself, and they can speak out against the government. Limited power prevents the United States from being tyrannical.
