Chapter 10

Question 1

How many electoral votes did Jefferson and Burr have?

Answer 1

73

Question 2

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

Answer 2

The House of Representatives

Question 3

What amendment set the requirements for presidential elections?

Answer 3

The 12th amendment

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Laissez Faire

Question 5

What act helped the Federalists control the courts?

Answer 5

Judiciary Act

Question 6

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

Answer 6

To shut jefferson out of the appointment process and keep federalists control in courts

Question 7

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

Answer 7

William Marbury

Question 8

What was the landmark court case that established judicial review?

Answer 8

Marbury v. Madison

Question 9

Why did the Supreme Court not give Marbury his job after the court case?

Answer 9

Because the supreme court decided it would be unconstitutional

Question 10

Marbury v. Madison was the first time the Supreme Court had ever decided that
something was what?

Answer 10

Unconstitutional

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson