Chapter10

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Thomas Jefferson & Aaron Burr

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

House of Representatives

Question 4

What amendment set the requirements for presidential elections?

Answer 4

12th amendment

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Laissez fair

Question 6

What act helped the Federalists control the courts?

Answer 6

Judicial Act

Question 7

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

Answer 7

He wanted to shut Jefferson out on the process and keep federalist control In the courts

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Willam Marbury

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

It would be unconstitutional for a new president to be forced to accept proposition not finalized

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 there 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

15m

Question 15

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

Answer 15

A group of federalist

Question 16

What river did those explorers follow along on their way to the Pacific Ocean?

Answer 16

The Missouri River

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Inspired people to move west

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Place the embargo Act

Question 19

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

Answer 19

A strong Native American confederacy to protect their land

Question 20

Who earned the nickname “Tippecanoe” after the battle of the same name?

Answer 20

Willam Henry Harrison

Question 21

Who were two famous War Hawks that pressured Madison for war with Britain?

Answer 21

Henry clay and John c.Calhoun

Question 22

What were the causes of the War of 1812?

Answer 22

The impressment of soldiers and attack on the Chesapeake

Question 23

What happened at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend?

Answer 23

Andrew Jackson leads an attack against the creek Indians of Mississippi

Question 24

What city was burned greatly during the war?

Answer 24

D.C.

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Famous portrait of George Washington

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Capital, White House and Library of congress

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Fort Mchenry

Question 28

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

Answer 28

The star spangled banner

Question 29

What treaty ended the War of 1812?

Answer 29

The treaty of Ghent

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Battle of New Orleans

Question 31

Who became a well-known hero after that battle?

Answer 31

Andrew Jackson

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Helped the U.S. gain respect around the world and built a strong national identity. (This is called Nationalism)