The "XYZ Affair"
A) involved foreign interference in an American presidential election.
B) involved secret foreign treaties with nearby Indian nations.
C) increased tensions between the United States and Great Britain.
D) was prompted by a feud between John Adams and Alexander Hamilton.
E) led to an undeclared war between the United States and France.

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The "XYZ Affair" refers to a diplomatic incident between the United States and France in 1797-98, during which French agents demanded bribes and a loan from American diplomats in order to negotiate a treaty. The American refusal to pay the bribes and loan led to an undeclared naval war between the two countries, known as the Quasi-War.