Chapter 10 Flashcards
Which two candidates had the same number of electoral votes at the end of the
Election of 1800
House of Representatives
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
Jefferson won the presidential election with 73 votes to Adams’s 65b
What amendment set the requirements for presidential elections?
The Constitution imposes three eligibility requirements on the Presidency
What type of governmental style “lets the people do as they choose”
governments have a official form
What act helped the Federalists control the courts
The Louisiana purchased
Why did John Adams want to appoint these judges before he left office
Adams want
Who is the most famous midnight judge to not have his job finalized?
William herry Harrison
What was the landmark court case that established judicial review?
Marbury v. Madison
Why did the Supreme Court not give Marbury his job after the court case
Marbury filed his petition for the writ of mandamus
Marbury v. Madison was the first time the Supreme Court had ever decided that
something was what
United States Supreme Court
Why would farmers in TN/KY establish their homes and farms near rivers that fed
into the Mississippi River
Farmers established homes along river to ship their crop to market
Who sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States
Napoleons
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
A group of federalist threatened to secede from the union over the purchase