Chapter 11 Flashcards
One of the greatest problems that John Adams and the Federalists faced in the election of 1800 was
Adams’s refusal to take the country to war against France
In the election of 1800, the Federalists did not accuse Thomad Jefferson of
Supporting high taxes
In the 1800 election, Thomas Jefferson won the state of New York because
Aaron Burr used his influence to turn the state to Jefferson
The Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans did not present themselves as
Believers in a strong central government
Thomas Jefferson received the bulk of his support from the
South and West
In 1800, Jefferson was chosen president by the
House of Representatives
Thomas Jefferson’s “Revolution of 1800” was remarkable in that it
Marked the peaceful and orderly transfer of power on the basis of election results accepted by all parties
Thomas Jefferson saw his election am his mission as president not to include
Support the establishment of a strong army
As president, Jeffetson’s stand on several political issues that he had previously championed
Was reversed
Jefferson’s presidency was characterized by his
Moderation in the administration of public policy
Jefferson and his followers opposed Adam’s last-minute appointment of new federal judges mainly because
It was an attempt by a defeated party to entrench itself in the government
When it came to the major Federalist economic programs, Jefferson as president
Left practically all of them intact
The Chief Justice who carried out, more than any other federal official, the ideas of Alexander Hamilton concerning a powerful federal government was
John Marshall
As Chief Justice of the United States, John Marshall helped to ensure that
The political and economic systems were based on a strong central government
The case of Marbury v. Madison involved the question of who had the right to
Declare an act of Congress constitutional
John Marshall, as Chief Justice of the United States, helped to strengthen the judicial branch of government by
Asserting the doctrine of judicial review of congressional legislature
Jefferson’s failed attempt to impeach an convict Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase for “high crimes and misdemeanors” meant that
Judicial independence and the separation of powers had been preserved
Jefferson distrusted large standing armies because they
Could be used to establish a dictatorship
Jefferson saw navies as less dangerous than armies because
They could not match inland and endanger liberties
Jefferson’s first major foreign-policy decision was to
Send a naval squadron to the Mediterranean
Jefferson ceased his opposition to the expansion of the navy when the
Pasha of Tripoli declared war on the United States
To gaurd American shores, Thomas Jefferson
Constructed two hundred tiny gunboats
Arrange the events in order: Louisiana Purchase, Chesapeake incident, Burr’s trial for treason, Embargo Act
Louisiana Purchase, Burr’s trial for treason, Chesapeake incident, Embargo Act
Napoleon chose to sell Lousiana to the United States because
He had suffered misfortunes in Santo Domingo, he hoped that the territory would one day helps American to thwart the ambitions of the British, he did not want to drive America into the arms of the British, and yellow fever killed many French troops
Jefferson had authorized American negotiators to purchase only ____ and ____ from France
New Orleans and the Floridas
Jefferson was conscience-stricken about the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France because
He believed that the purchase was unconstitutional
Lewis and Clark’s expedition through the Lousiana Purchase territory did not yield
Treaties with several Indian nations
Lewis and Clark demonstrated the viability of
An overland trail to the Pacific
After killing Hamilton in a duel, Burr
Plotted to divide the United States
The British policy of impressment was a kind of
Forced enlistment
The Chesapeake incident involved the flagrant use of
Impressment
President Jefferson’s foreign policy of economic coercion
Stimulated manufacturing in the United States
Macon’s Bill No. 2
Permitted trade with all nations but promised that if either Britain or France lifted its commercial restrictions on American trade, the United States would stop trading with the other
President Madison made a major foreign-policy’s stake when he
Accepted Napoleon’s promise to recognize America’s rights
By 1810, the most insistent demand for a declaration of war against Britain came from
The West and South
The only arguement not put forward by the war hawks as justification for a declaration of war against Britain was that
Britian’s commercial restrictions had come close to destroying America’s profitable New England shipping business
Tecumseh argued that the Indians should
Not cede control of land to whites unless all Indians agreed
Native American Leader Tecumseh was killed in 1813 at the
Battle of Thames
In 1812, Madison turned to war
To restore confidence in the republican experiment
Seafaring New England opposed the War of 1813 because of the following except
Their strong trade ties with France
Once begun, the War of 1812 was supported strongly by
the West and South
Federalists opposed the acquisition of Canada because
It was too agrarian and would give more votes to the Democratic-Republicans
During the War of 1812, New England states
Lent more money and sent more food to the British army than to the American army
Before he became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Marshall’s service at Valley Forge during the American Revolution convinced him
Of the drawback of feeble central authority
To deal with British and French violations of America’s neutrality, Jefferson
Enacted an economic embargo
