Chapter 10

Question 1

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

Answer 1

John Adams 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

HoR

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-fairy

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

16 judges

Question 8

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

Answer 8

William Marburg

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

The Supreme Court 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

Unconditional

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 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

15 million

Question 15

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

Answer 15

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

Missouri River

Question 18

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

Answer 18

They inspired people to go west and settle by sparking a sense of adventure

Question 19

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

Answer 19

The Embargo Act

Question 20

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

Answer 20

A strong Native American Confederate

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 C. Clark and John C. Calhoun

Question 23

What were the causes of the War of 1812?

Answer 23

An impressment on soldiers and the Chesapeake

Question 24

What happened at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend?

Answer 24

Andrew Jackson led the attack against the creek Indians of Mississippi

Question 25

What city was burned greatly during the war?

Answer 25

Washington DC

Question 26

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

Answer 26

A portrait of George Washington

Question 27

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

Answer 27

The Capital, the White House, the library of congress

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Fort McHenry

Question 29

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

Answer 29

The star spangled banner

Question 30

What treaty ended the War of 1812?

Answer 30

The treaty of Bhent

Question 31

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

Answer 31

The Battle at New Orleans

Question 32

Who became a well-known hero after that battle?

Answer 32

Andrew Jackson

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Help the Is gain a strong national identity