Chapter 10

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 Aaron Burr

Question 2

How many electoral votes did Jefferson and Burr have?

Answer 2

73

Question 3

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

Answer 3

The House of Representatives

Question 4

What amendment set the requirements for presidential elections?

Answer 4

The 12th Amendment

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Laissez-Faire gov’t

Question 6

What act helped the Federalists control the courts?

Answer 6

The Judiciary act of 1801

Question 7

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

Answer 7

He wanted to keep federal control in the courts

Question 8

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

Answer 8

William Marbury

Question 9

What was the landmark court case that established judicial review?

Answer 9

Marbury v. Madison

Question 10

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

Answer 10

They thought it would be unconstitutional

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Unconstitutional

Question 12

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

Answer 12

To ship crops to market

Question 13

Who sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States?

Answer 13

France

Question 14

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

Answer 14

$15 million

Question 15

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

Answer 15

The Federalists

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Lewis and Clark

Question 17

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

Answer 17

The Missouri River

Question 18

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

Answer 18

They found valuable info about geography, Indian cultures, plant and animal life, and inspired people to travel west

Question 19

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

Answer 19

The stopped trade with GB

Question 20

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

Answer 20

A strong Native American Confederacy

Question 21

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

Answer 21

William Henry Harrison

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun

Question 23

What were the causes of the War of 1812?

Answer 23

Impressment of soldiers and the attack on the Chesapeake

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 treaty ended the War of 1812?

Answer 26

The Treaty of Ghent

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 helped the US gain respect around the world and built a strong national identity