Chapter 11 Midterm 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 was against France
In the election of 1800, the Federalists accused Thomas Jefferson of all of the following except
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 presented themselves as all of the following except
Believers in a strong central government
Thomas Jefferson received the bulk of his support from the
South and West
In 1800, Thomas 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 an his mission as president to include all of the following except
Support he establishment of a strong army
As president, Thomas Jefferson’s stand on several political issues that he had previously championed
Was reversed
Thomas Jefferson’s presidency was characterized by his
Moderation in the administration of public policy
Thomas Jefferson and his followers opposed John Adams’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, Thomas Jefferson as president
Left practically all of them in tact
The chief judicial who carried out, more than any other federal official, the ideas of Alexander Hamilton concerning a powerful federal government was
John Marshall
Before he became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Marshall’s service at Valley Forge during the American Revolution convinced him
Of the drawbacks of feeble central authority
As Chief Justice of the United States, John Marshall helped to ensure that
The political and economic system was 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 unconstitutional
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 legislation
Thomas Jefferson’s failed attempt to impeach and convict Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase for “high crimes and misdemeanors” meant that
Judicial independence and the separation of powers had been preserved
Thomas Jefferson distrusted large standing armies because they
Could be used to establish a dictatorship
Thomas Jefferson saw navies as less dangerous than armies because
They could not march inland and endanger liberties
Thomas Jefferson’s first major foreign-policy decision was to
Send a naval squadron to the Mediterranean
Thomas Jefferson ceased his opposition to the expansion of the many when the
Pasha of Tripoli declared war on the United States
To guard American shores, Thomas Jefferson
Constructed two hundred tiny gunboats
Arrange in order: (A) Louisiana Purchase, (B) Chesapeake incident, (C) Burr’s trial for treason, (D) Embargo Act
A, C, B, D
Napoleon chose to sell Louisiana to the United States because
All of the above
Jefferson had authorized American negotiators to purchase only ___ from France.
New Orleans and the Floridas
Thomas 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 Louisiana Purchase territory yielded all of the following except
Treaties with several Indian nations
Lewis and Clark demonstrated the viability of
An overland trial to the Pacific
After killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel, Aaron 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
To deal with British and French violations of America’s neutrality, Thomas Jefferson
Enacted an economic embargo
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 James Madison made a major foreign policy mistake 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
West and south
Of the following, the only argument not out put forward by the war hawks as a justification for a declaration of war against Britain was that
Britain’s commercial restrictions had come close to destroying America’s profitable New England shipping business
Tecumseh argued that Indians should
Not cede control of land to whites unless all Indian agreed
Naive American leader Tecumseh was killed in 1813 at the
Battle of Thames
In 1812, James Madison turned to war
To restore confidence in the republican experiment
Seafaring New England opposed the War of 1812 because of all 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, the New England states
Lent more money and sent more food to the British army than to the American army
