John adams was the only one of our first five presidents to serve only one term. give specific reasons for his lack of popularity, giving examples of how his actions were opposed by both the republican party and by factions within his own federalist party?

John Adams served as the Vice President of the first President George Washington, and then led on to serve as the second President of The United States. His lack of popularity rose from his inability to calm the conflicts that arose due to his presidency between the Federalists and the Republicans. The power balance between the federal governments and the states’ governments.

These conflicts usually revolved around a very hot topic at the time, which was the balance of the power that was to be shared between the two levels of governments in the country, the Federal Government and the States’ Government. The conflicts were further lighted with the undeclared wars with France and the Alien and Sedition acts, to pipe down the dissidents.

apart from being against desegregation, governor of georgia eugene talmadge opposed as well to the work progress administration, an ambitious program of the "new deal" created by president franklin d. roosevelt to overcome the great depression after world war i. talmadge disagreed with welfare spending, job training and organized labor. according to his ideas, he thought the government was spending too much money on this, and he wasn't willing to accept a wage higher than georgia's lower average wage. besides, talmadge strongly opposed to the "new deal" as he thought it had communist ideas.