Quiz #8

A geographic and economic motivation for the Louisiana Purchase (1803) was the desire to

• annex California
•  secure land for the Erie Canal
• control the port of New Orleans
• own all of the Great Lakes

A major reason for Thomas Jefferson’s purchase of the Louisiana Territory was to

• eliminate Spanish control of California
• take possession of all of Florida
• gain full control of the Mississippi River
• provide access to areas east of the Appalachian Mountains

Adherence to a strict interpretation of the Constitution would have prevented President Thomas Jefferson from

• making the Louisiana Purchase
• writing "State of the Union" messages
• receiving ambassadors
• commissioning military officers

The Louisiana Purchase was important because it

• expanded the nation’s boundary to the Pacific Ocean
• removed the Spanish from North America
• closed the western territories to slavery
• secured control of the Mississippi River

President Thomas Jefferson used the implied powers of the Constitution when he

• expressed support for States rights
• purchased the Louisiana Territory
• started the Republican Party
• founded the University of Virginia

With the purchase of the Louisiana Territory, Jefferson demonstrated that he had modified his view of the

• need for high protective tariffs
• ability of the masses to participate in government
• benefits of an agricultural society
• strict interpretation of the Constitution

The Louisiana Purchase had great geographic significance because it

• reduced British control of North America
• focused the United States on westward expansion
• extended United States control over Mexico
• decreased tensions with Native American Indians

When Jefferson acquired the Louisiana, he demonstrated that he had modified his belief that

• the Constitution should be strictly interpreted
• the federal government should limit individual rights
• adding territory would lead to regional rivalries
• commercial development was the main goal of the federal government

• Alien and Sedition Acts
• Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
These pieces of legislation reflected the conflict between

• Congress and the president
• states' rights and federal supremacy
• the military and the civilian government
• the United States Supreme Court and state courts

"Congress Passes Alien and Sedition Acts''
"Lincoln Suspends Habeas Corpus''
"Wilson Signs 1918 Sedition Act"
These headlines show that the federal government can 

• restrict citizens' rights in times of crisis
• raise armies without informing the public
• station troops in a person's home at any time
• require citizens to be witnesses against themselves