Chapter 10

Question 0

How many electoral votes did the two candidates have?

Answer 0

73

Question 1

Which two candidates had the same number of electoral votes at the end of the Election of 1800?

Answer 1

Thomas Jefferson and Aron Burr

Question 2

What decided the Election of 1800 after there was a tie in the Electoral College?

Answer 2

It was decided by the house of reps.

Question 3

What amendment set the requirements for presidential elections?

Answer 3

The 12th

Question 4

What type of governmental style “lets the people do as they choose”?

Answer 4

Lassies fairer

Question 5

What act helped the Federalists control the courts?

Answer 5

The judiciary act of 1801

Question 6

Why did John Adams want to appoint these judges before he left office?

Answer 6

To shut Jefferson out

Question 7

Who is the most famous midnight judge to not have his job finalized?

Answer 7

William Maybury

Question 8

What was the landmark court case involving that judge that established judicial review?

Answer 8

Maybury vs Madison

Question 9

That case was the first time the Supreme Court had ever decided that something was ________

Answer 9

Unconstitutional

Question 10

Why would farmers in TN/KY establish their homes and farms near rivers that fed into the Mississippi River?

Answer 10

So that they could get crops to markets

Question 11

Who sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States?

Answer 11

France

Question 12

How much did the US pay for the area in the Louisiana Purchase?

Answer 12

15million

Question 13

What political party had members threaten to secede from the union in response to the Louisiana Purchase?

Answer 13

Feds.

Question 14

Who was sent on an expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory and find its resources?

Answer 14

Lewis and Clark

Question 15

What river did those explorers follow along on their way to the Pacific Ocean?

Answer 15

The Missouri River

Question 16

Why was the Lewis and Clark expedition important to the western expansion of the US?

Answer 16

They inspired people to settle in the west

Question 17

What did the US do to prohibit trade with the rest of the world and get back at Britain?

Answer 17

The embargo act

Question 18

What did Tecumseh try to build in response to Ohio River Valley settlement?

Answer 18

A strong na confederacy

Question 19

Who earned the nickname “Tippecanoe” after the battle of the same name?

Answer 19

William Henry

Question 20

Who were two famous War Hawks that pressured Madison for war with Britain?

Answer 20

Henry clay and John Calhoun

Question 21

What was the cause of the War of 1812?

Answer 21

British troops seized American merchant ships

Question 22

What city was burned greatly during the war?

Answer 22

Washington D.C

Question 23

What did Dolley Madison save from the President’s mansion?

Answer 23

A partite of George Washinton

Question 24

What was the fort found at the entrance to the Baltimore Harbor?

Answer 24

Fort McHenry

Question 25

What famous American song was written after the Battle of Fort McHenry?

Answer 25

The Star-Spangled Banner

Question 26

What major battle took place after the peace treaty was signed?

Answer 26

The battle of New Orleans

Question 27

What major battle took place after the peace treaty was signed?

Answer 27

The battle of New Orleans

Question 28

Who became a well-known hero after that battle?

Answer 28

Andrew Jackson

Question 29

What did the outcome of the War of 1812 do for America?

Answer 29

It gave us a strong national presence