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 Aron 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

House of Representatives

Question 4

What amendment set the requirements for presidential elections?

Answer 4

12th

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Laissez Faire

Question 6

What act helped the Federalists control the courts?

Answer 6

Judiciary Act 1801

Question 7

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

Answer 7

To shut Jefferson out of the appointment process and keep federalist in control of 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

It was unconstitutional

Question 11

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

Answer 11

So they could ship there crops to market

Question 12

Who sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States

Answer 12

France

Question 13

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

Answer 13

15 million

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Federalist

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Missouri

Question 16

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

Answer 16

They inspired people to move west

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Established the embargo acts

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Native American Confederacy

Question 19

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

Answer 19

William Henry Harrison

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Henry Clay and John C Calhoun

Question 21

What were the causes of the War of 1812?

Answer 21

The Impressment of soldiers and attack on the Chesapeake

Question 22

What happened at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend?

Answer 22

Andrew Jackson lead an attack against the creek Indians

Question 23

What city was burned greatly during the war?

Answer 23

D.C.

Question 24

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

Answer 24

A portrait of George Washington

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Capitol, The White House, Congress Library

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Fort Mc Henry

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Star Spangled Banner

Question 28

What treaty ended the War of 1812?

Answer 28

The Treaty of Ghent of 1814

Question 29

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

Answer 29

The Battle of New Orleans

Question 30

Who became a well-known hero after that battle?

Answer 30

Andrew Jackson

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Helped the US go respect around the world built a strong national identity

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Decided something was unconstitutionally

Question 33

Who was sent on an expedition to explore the Louisiana territory

Answer 33

Lewis and Clark