What Was Perhaps the Greatest Problem That John Adams and the Federalists

What was perhaps the greatest problem that John Adams and the Federalists faced in the election of 1800?

A) Fears that the Alien and Sedition Acts were only the first assaults on American freedoms
B) The serious economic recession caused by international turmoil
C) Public frustration at Adams's refusal to take the country to war against
D) The continuing public resentment of Federalist pro-business policies
E) The stories circulating about Adams's relationship with a slave woman