Jefferson & Louisiana Purchase

Before the Louisiana Purchase, what was the western boundary of the United States?

• Missouri River
• Pacific Ocean
• Rocky Mountains
• Mississippi River

The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from what country?

• Great Britain
• France
• Russia
• Spain

Why was the United States interested in buying the Louisiana Territory?

• They wanted to make money selling the land.
• They wanted room to spread out.
• They wanted to control the port of New Orleans.
• All of the above.

Most farmers did not support Federalists who were against the Louisiana Purchase.

• true
• false

In 1804, the Louisiana Territory made up what fraction of the United States total land?

• 1/8
• 1/2
• 1/16
• 1/4

"But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists."

- Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address, 1801

When Jefferson said that "We are all republicans, we are all Federalists," in his First Inaugural Address to the Congress he meant that

• the two political parties had the same policies.

• all were Americans united in doing what was best for the country.

• Congress would quickly act to ban political parties from fielding candidates in national elections.

• he expected that the political divisions which had split the country in his predecessors' administrations would continue.

What did Jefferson do to punish the British for Impressing American sailors?

• The Embargo Act
• The Stamp Act
• The Sugar Act

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After the Electoral College determined the election was a tie, who cast the tie breaker?

• The Senate
• House of Representatives
• The Supreme Court
• The Executive Branch

Marbury v. Madison established the idea of 

• judicial review
• an embargo
• impressment
• nationalism

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