Ch. 8 The Jefferson Era

Proposed by Congress after the Election of 1800, what did the Twelfth Amendment accomplish?

• let the Court cast the deciding vote in deadlocked elections

• allowed Americans overseas to cast votes by mail

• abolished the practice of counting ballots by hand

• created a separate ballot for president and vice president

President Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark into the newly acquired Louisiana Territory primarily to

• explore and map the region

• search for gold and other valuable mineral deposits

• improve relations with Native American Indians

• force British and Spanish settlers out of the territory

The Louisiana Purchase was important to the growth of the United States because it

• nearly doubled the size of the country

• gave the nation control of the Great Lakes

• completed America’s westward expansion

• brought California into the Union

A major reason President Thomas Jefferson supported buying the Louisiana Territory was because the purchase

• gave the United States ownership of Florida

• allowed the United States to gain control of California

• gave the United States control of the port of New Orleans

• removed the Spanish from North America

The case Marbury v. Madison was a landmark Supreme Court decision because it

• established the power of the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional (Judicial Review)

• increased the power of the Federalists in the legislative branch

• resulted in an increase in the number of Supreme Court justices

• reinforced the power of the president as commander in chief

What is judicial review?

• the power of Congress to oversee decisions made by the Supreme Court

• the power of Congress to review the appointment of Supreme Court justices

• the power of the judiciary (Supreme Court and other Federal Courts) to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional

• the power of the judiciary (Supreme Court and other Federal Courts) to monitor the conduct of presidential elections

Britain decided to support Native Americans against the United States mainly to

• protect Native American culture

• reduce westward expansion in the United States

• boycott trade with the United States

• control U.S. activities from within the country

The first thing the British did after their ranks were reinforced in April of 1814 was attack the city of

• New Orleans.

• Baltimore.

• Washington, D.C.

• New York.

One result of the War of 1812 was that the United States

• defeated Spain

• took control of Cuba

• gained land from Canada

• maintained its independence from Great Britain

What forceful action did the British take on Americans to cause the War of 1812?

• The Embargo Act

• The Embargo Act

• Smuggling

• Impressment