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, Sir.
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
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 1801
Why did John Adams want to appoint these judges before he left office?
To shut Jefferson out of the appointment process
Who is the most famous midnight judge to not have his job finalized?
William Murbury
What was the landmark court case that established judicial review?
Murbury v. Madison
Why did the Supreme Court not give Marbury his job after the court case?
Supreme Court decided that it would be unconstitutional for a new President to be forced to accept proposition not finalized
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?
Rivers
Who sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States?
France
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?
Federalists
