The XYZ Affair
a. took place during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson.
b. was a failed attempt by Treasury officials to embezzle public education funds.
c. saw French officials demand a bribe in return for improving relations with the United States.
d. was a scandal involving John Adams's secretary of war and the wife of the French ambassador.
e. involved the British practice of impressment.
c
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