Chapter 11 Practice

The Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans presented themselves as all of the following EXCEPT

• believers in a strong central government.

• strict constructionists.

• protectors of agrarian purity.

• strong supporters of state's rights.

Thomas Jefferson received the bulk of his support from the

• South and West.

• North.

• large cities.

• East.

Though Jefferson won the popular and electoral vote, a strange deadlock led to the election being decided

• in the Senate.

• by the Electoral College.

• in the House of Representatives.

• by the Supreme Court.

Thomas Jefferson's "Revolution of 1800" was remarkable in that it

• moved the United States away from its democratic ideals.

• marked the peaceful and orderly transfer of power on the basis of election results accepted by all parties.

• occurred after he left the presidency.

• was in no way a revolution.

As president, Thomas Jefferson's stand on several political issues that he had previously championed

• remained unchanged.

• was reversed.

• grew even more rigid.

• caused him to reject slavery.

When it came to the major Federalist economic programs, Thomas Jefferson as president

• left practically all of them intact.

• quickly dismantled them.

• attacked only the Bank of the United States.

• vetoed any new tariffs.

Thomas Jefferson and his followers opposed John Adam's last-minute appointment of new federal judges mainly because

• the men appointed were of poor quality.

• they did not want a showdown with the Supreme Court.

• it was an attempt by a defeated party to entrench itself in the government

• these judges were not needed.

The chief justice who carried out, more than any other federal official, the ideas of Alexander Hamilton concerning a powerful federal government was

• James Madison.

• William Marbury.

• John Marshall.

• John Jay.

As chief justice of the United States, John Marshall helped to ensure that

• states' rights were protected.

• the programs of Alexander Hamilton were overturned.

• the political and economic systems were based on a strong central government.

• Aaron Burr was convicted of treason.

The case of Marbury v. Madison involved the question of who had the right to

• commit the United States to entangling alliances.

• determine the meaning of the Constitution.

• purchase foreign territory for the United States.

• appoint Supreme Court justices.