The Presidency of Thomas Jefferson - Async Lesson

The Presidency of Thomas Jefferson - Lesson

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true of the Louisiana Purchase?

• It extended the nation's boundary to the Pacific Ocean.

• It removed the Spanish from North America.

• It doubled the size of the United States.

• It banned the expansion of slavery in the western territories.

Multiple Choice

A major reason President Thomas Jefferson supported the purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803 was that it -

• gave the United States ownership of Florida

• allowed the United States to gain control of California

• gave the United States control of the Mississippi River

• removed the Spanish from North America

Multiple Choice

In Marbury v Madison, The Supreme Court first stated the principle that-

• only the courts can regulate interstate commerce

• the president may veto federal legislation

• the courts may declare a federal law unconstitutional

• only the president may issue an executive order

Multiple Choice

"The question whether the judges are invested with exclusive authority to decide on the constitutionality of a law has been heretofore a subject of consideration with me in the exercise of official duties. Certainly there is not a word in the Constitution which has given that power to them more than the Executive or Legislative branches."

-Thomas Jefferson, 1815

Which constitutional principle is Jefferson referring to in this excerpt?

• Full faith and credit

• Popular sovereignty

• Federalism

• Judicial review