Ch 6 Test

Question 1

Outraged democratic republicans called these laws a clear violation of freedom of speech under the first amendment

Answer 1

Alien and sedition acts

Question 2

This event angered Americans and led to an undeclared navel war with France

Answer 2

XYZ jay

Question 3

These declarations claimed that states have the right to consider void any act of congress that they deem unconstitutional

Answer 3

Virginia and Kentucky resolutions

Question 4

This leader of the Miami confederacy was replaced after he urged his allies to make peace with General Wayne

Answer 4

Little turtle

Question 5

This American diplomat negotiated a treaty in which Britain agreed to evacuate its posts in the northwest territory

Answer 5

John jay

Question 6

This is the official attitude that George Washington took in response to the war between France and Britain, despite the 1778 treaty with France

Answer 6

Neutrality

Question 7

These laws were intended to counter what the federalist perceived as a growing threat to the peace and safety of the United States

Answer 7

Nullification

Question 8

This American diplomat negotiated a treaty in which Spain agreed to give u all claims to land east of Mississippi and north of Florida

Answer 8

Thomas Pinckney

Question 9

The electoral college votes in 1796 indicated that this attitude was diving the country

Answer 9

Sectionalism

Question 10

This French diplomat caused an uproar by making efforts to recruit Americans for the war effort against Great Britain

Answer 10

Edmond Genêt

Question 11

The House of Representatives decided the presidential election of 1800 when ___ and his running mate___ received the same number of electoral votes

Answer 11

Thomas Jefferson and Aaron burr

Question 12

___ served as a guide to the expedition led by ___ and ___ to explore the lands gained from France as a result of the Louisiana purchase

Answer 12

Sacajawea, Meriwether lewis, William Clark

Question 13

The political decline of the ___ was hastened by the political moderation of ___ which proved to Americans that he was not a radical

Answer 13

Federalist, Thomas Jefferson

Question 14

An 1803 court case ___ affirmed that the Supreme Court had the right to declare an act of congress unconstitutional, a principle known as ___

Answer 14

Marbury v. Madison, judicial review

Question 15

President Adams appointed ___ as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. A staunch supporter of the ___ he would serve for more than thirty years, handling down decisions that power of the Supreme Court and the federal government

Answer 15

John Marshall, federalists

Question 16

Just prior to leaving office, President Adams pushed the ___ through Congress, increasing the number of federal judges by sixteen. Adams promptly filled most of these positions with his supporters. These judges were referred to as ___ because Adams signed their appointments in the closing hours of his term

Answer 16

Judicial act of 1801, midnight judges

Question 17

War breaks our between ___ and ___

Answer 17

Britain and France

Question 18

Britain attempts to ___ or seal off napoleons Europe

Answer 18

Blockade

Question 19

By 1807 Americans are deeply angered by ___ the British policy of seizing Americans at sea and drafting them into the British navy after the Chesapeake incident, president ___ convinces congress to declare an embargo

Answer 19

Impressment, Thomas Jefferson

Question 20

Young national from the south and west enter congress. Led by John c Calhoun and Henry clay, they become known as the ___

Answer 20

War hawks

Question 21

Shawnee Chief ___ forms a Native American confederacy. The confederacy suffers a setback when it loses the battle of tippecanoe to forces led by ___

Answer 21

Tecumseh, William henry Harrison

Question 22

In 1812 the senate declared war on a ___. Captain Oliver hazard perry leads American forces to an important victory on Lake Erie. ___ is killed while fighting for the British at the battle of the Thames

Answer 22

Britain, tecumseh

Question 23

Washington DC is attacked and many government building are burned. The ___ is negotiated, declaring a ___ or end to the fighting

Answer 23

Treaty of Ghent, armistice

Question 24

Tennessee General ___ leads American soldier to victory against superior forces at the battle of New Orleans

Answer 24

Andrew Jackson