Chapter 10

Question 1

Which two candidates had the same number of electoral votes at the end of the
Election of 1800?

Answer 1

Aaron burr and Thomas Jefferson

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

It was decided by the 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-fair-hands

Question 6

What act helped the Federalists control the courts?

Answer 6

Judiciary act of 1801

Question 7

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

Answer 7

He wants to shut Jefferson out

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 vs. Madison

Question 10

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

Answer 10

It would be unconstitutional

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Something was unconstitutional

Question 12

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

Answer 12

So they could ship their crops to markets

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

$15million

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Federalist

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Missouri River

Question 17

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

Answer 17

It inspired people to go west and settle by sparkling sense of adventure

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Embargo act

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 I,pressments of soldiers an attack on the Chesapeake

Question 22

What happened at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend?

Answer 22

Creek Indians and Mississippi battled

Question 23

What city was burned greatly during the war?

Answer 23

Washington DC

Question 24

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

Answer 24

A picture of George Washington

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Capital
White House
Library of congress

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Fort Mchenry

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

Ghante

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Civil war

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 us gain respect around the world and built a strong national identity