The Jefferson Era TEST (20 questions)

Which of the following statements about the election of 1800 WAS NOT TRUE?

• Democratic-Republican candidates Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied with 73 electoral votes
• Because of the tie, the election was to be decided by the House of Representatives
• Alexander Hamilton broke the tie by voting for Thomas Jefferson
• Congress passed the 13th Amendment to make sure that there was never a tie again between a presidential and vice-presidential candidate

The significance of the Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison is that the decision:

• advanced civil rights for minorities
• established the power of judicial review
• limited Presidential control of foreign policy
• upheld the constitutionality of a national bank

Which statement about judicial review IS NOT TRUE? 

• The judicial branch can declare laws unconstitutional.
• The Constitution is the supreme law of the land
• Laws that conflict with the Constitution may not stand
• The executive branch must uphold the Constitution

Which of the following statements about the Louisiana Purchase IS NOT TRUE? 

• President Jefferson was worried about the Louisiana Territory because American farmers needed access to the Mississippi River and New Orleans to ship their crops/goods
• Napoleon sold Louisiana to the United States because he needed money to fight wars in Europe and because his army was defeated in the Haitian Revolution
• The United States paid $15 million for the Louisiana Purchase
• The Louisiana Purchase was 728,000 square miles in area

Which of the following statements about the Lewis and Clark Expedition IS TRUE? 

• The Expedition left from St. Louis, Missouri with 85 men
• The Expedition was important because it informed Americans about the people, plants and animals that were in the Louisiana Territory and led to Americans moving West
• The Expedition travelled all the way to the Atlantic Ocean
• It was discovered that gold was an abundant resource in the Rocky Mountains

Which of the following men killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel in July of 1804?

• George Washington
• Aaron Burr
• Thomas Jefferson
• Henry Knox

Which of the following WAS NOT one of the Barbary States?

• Morocco
• Tunis 
• Tripoli
• Nigeria

Which of the following WAS NOT TRUE of American Naval Captain Stephen Decatur's heroic raid in the United States' war with Tripoli?

• He entered Tripoli Harbor on a a captured pirate ship
• Not one American died in the raid
• Decatur and his men burned the captured American ship the U.S.S. Constitution
• He and his men disguised themselves as Maltese sailors

What would the Barbary States do to the Europeans and Americans sailing the Mediterranean if they did not pay TRIBUTE? 

• Barbary pirates would capture the ships and imprison the crews
• Barbary pirates would issue condemnations in the United Nations 
• Barbary Pirates would destroy the captured ships and kill the crews
• Barbary pirates would return captured prisoners

Which of the following statements WAS NOT TRUE of the treaty between the United States and Tripoli of 1805?

• Tripoli would stop demanding tribute
• The United States would return prisoners from Tripoli
• Tripoli would return American prisoners
• The United States paid Tripoli $80,000