Chapter 10-The Jefferson Era

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 Electoral Votes

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 Amendment-Requirements for the presidential elections by stating that the electoral votes went to one candidate

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Laissez Faire-Hands off government to let the people do as they choose

Question 6

What act helped the Federalists control the courts?

Answer 6

Judiciary Act of 1801-Added 16 judges to regional courts that were all appointed by the president

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Adams wanted to appoint these judges to shut Jefferson out if the appointment process and keep the Federalists in 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

It would be unconstitutional for a new president to be forced to accept propositions not finalized by the previous

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 their crops to the 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 Dollars

250 Million Dollars in Modern Money

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

Meriweather Lewis and William 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

Their expedition 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

They set up the Embargo Act

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

The impressment of soldiers and attack on the Chesapeake

Question 24

What happened at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend?

Answer 24

Andrew Jackson leads an attack against the Creek Indians of Mississippi at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814

Question 25

What city was burned greatly during the war?

Answer 25

Washington D.C.

Question 26

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

Answer 26

A portrait of George Washington painted by Stweart

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Library of Congress
White House
The Capitol

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 Ghent

Question 31

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

Answer 31

The Battle of New Orleans-January 8, 1814

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

Helped the US gain respect around the world and built a strong national identity (Nationalism)