Question

What was the XYZ Affair?

Answer 1

an incident where a British ship attacked an American naval vessel without warning
an effort by the French to get the United States to pay a bribe before they would negotiate
the first time that the United States tried to publish its own English dictionary
an attempt by Thomas Jefferson to persuade undecided electors to vote for him
the first scandal in American presidential history when George Washington was caught cheating on his income taxes

Answer 2

b)an effort by the French to get the United States to pay a bribe before they would negotiate