Chapter 10

Question 1

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

Answer 1

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

Question 2

Election of 1800?

Answer 2

John Adams vs Thomas Jefferson

Question 3

How many electoral votes did Jefferson and Burr have?

Answer 3

73 electoral votes

Question 4

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

Answer 4

The House Of Representatives

Question 5

What amendment set the requirements for presidential elections?

Answer 5

The 12 amendment

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Laissez-faire-

Question 7

What act helped the Federalists control the courts?

Answer 7

Judiciary Act of 1801

Question 8

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

Answer 8

To shut Jefferson out of the appointment

Question 9

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

Answer 9

William Marbury

Question 10

What was the landmark court case that established judicial review?

Answer 10

Marbury vs Madison

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Judicial Review

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Unconstitutional

Question 13

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

Answer 13

To ship their crops to markets

Question 14

Who sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States?

Answer 14

France

Question 15

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

Answer 15

15 million

Question 16

What political party threatened to secede due to the Louisiana Purchase?

Answer 16

A group of Federalists

Question 17

Who was sent on an expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory?

Answer 17

Lewis and Clark

Question 18

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

Answer 18

The Missouri River

Question 19

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

Answer 19

They inspired people to go west and explore

Question 20

What did the US do to prohibit trade with the rest of the world?

Answer 20

The Embargo Act

Question 21

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

Answer 21

He built a strong Native American confederacy to protect their land

Question 22

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

Answer 22

William Henry Harrison

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Henry Clay and John Calhoun

Question 24

What were the causes of the War of 1812?

Answer 24

The impressment of soldiers and attack on the Chesapeake

Question 25

What happened at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend?

Answer 25

Andrew Jackson leads an attack on the creek Indians of Mississippi

Question 26

What city was burned greatly during the war?

Answer 26

Washington DC

Question 27

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

Answer 27

A portrait of George Washington

Question 28

What 3 major buildings were burned down in Washington DC in the War of 1812?

Answer 28

The capital, The White House, and The library of congress

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Fort McHenry

Question 30

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

Answer 30

The Star Spangled Banner

Question 31

What treaty ended the War of 1812?

Answer 31

The Treaty Of Ghent in 1812

Question 32

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

Answer 32

The Battle Of New Orleans

Question 33

Who became a well-known hero after that battle?

Answer 33

Andrew Jackson

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Helped gain respect and a strong national identity called nationalism