The answer is"You Welcome"
The goal of the contractionary fiscal policy is a type of fiscal policy that increases taxes and lowers government spending. It also possible that it can be both which aims to beat the inflation pressure. Due to the increase of taxes, households may have the tendency not to spend that much. Lower disposal means lowers consumption.
Martin Van Buren created an efficient state political organization called the Albany Regency.
The XYZ affair was a diplomatic incident in the late 1790s in the Adams administration wherein the French government demanded bribes before negotiations were able to even begin and the correspondence was released. A small Naval war broke out and the Adams administration used the furor against the French to hurt the Democratic Republicans and build up the national military.
I believe the answer you are looking for is A.