Chapter 10 Flashcards
Which two candidates had the same number of electoral votes at the end of the
Election of 1800?
Thomas Jefferson and
Aaron Burr
How many electoral votes did Jefferson and Burr have?
73
What decided the Election of 1800 after there was a tie in the Electoral College?
The House of Representatives voted
What amendment set the requirements for presidential elections?
12th amendment
What type of governmental style “lets the people do as they choose”?
Laissez-faire
What act helped the Federalists control the courts?
Judiciary act of 1801
Why did John Adams want to appoint these judges before he left office?
To shut Jefferson out of the appointment process & keep federalist in control of the courts
Who is the most famous midnight judge to not have his job finalized?
William Marbury
What was the landmark court case that established judicial review?
Marbury v. Madison
Why did the Supreme Court not give Marbury his job after the court case?
It would be unconstitutional for any president to be forced to accept propositions not finalized by the previous president
Marbury v. Madison was the first time the Supreme Court had ever decided that something was what?
Unconstitutional
Why would farmers in TN/KY establish their homes and farms near rivers that fed
into the Mississippi River?
To ship their crops to markets
Who sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States?
The French
How much did the US pay for the area in the Louisiana Purchase?
$15 million
What political party threatened to secede due to the Louisiana Purchase?
The federalists
Who was sent on an expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
What river did those explorers follow along on their way to the Pacific Ocean?
Missouri River
Why was the Lewis and Clark expedition important to the western expansion of the US?
So they could find resources from it so people would know that it was safe to live there
What did the US do to prohibit trade with the rest of the world?
The Embargo act
What did Tecumseh try to build in response to Ohio River Valley settlement?
A NA confederacy
Who earned the nickname “Tippecanoe” after the battle of the same name?
William Henry Harrison
Who were two famous War Hawks that pressured Madison for war with Britain?
Henry Clay & John C. Calhoun
What were the causes of the War of 1812?
Impressment and the attack of the Chesapeake
What happened at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend?
Andrew Jackson leads on attack against the creek Indians of Mississippi
