American Pageant Ch. 11

One of the first lessons learned by the Jeffersonian Repubilcans after their victory in the 1800 presidential election was

• the need to strengthen diplomatic ties with Britain.

• to go off the gold standard.

• to decrease tariffs.

• that it is easier to condemn from the stump than to govern consistently.

In the election of 1800, the Federalists accused Thomas Jefferson of all of the following except

• having robbed a widow of her trust fund.

• being an atheist.

• conspiring with Aaron Burr to have Spain attack the U.S.

• having robbed children of their trust funds.

In the 1800 presidential election, Thomas Jefferson won the deadlocked election because

• a few Federalists, unwilling to elect Aaron Burr as president, decided to abstain from voting in the House of Representatives, throwing the presidential election to Jefferson.

• of the high taxes passed by the Adams administration.

• Napoleon promised to sell the Louisiana Territory only to Jefferson.

• Jefferson had a natural appeal for New York's urban ethnic voters.

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 political support from the

• South and the West.

• North.

• large cities.

• East.

Despite Thomas Jefferson winning a majority of the popular vote and a majority of votes in the Electoral College during the election of 1800, a deadlock in the Electoral College led the election to being decided

• in the Senate.

• in the House of Representatives.

• by the Supreme Court.

• by the Electoral Commission,

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

• moved the U.S. 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.

• came about despite strong opposition from top officers in U.S. Continental Army and the U.S. Navy.

Thomas Jefferson saw his election and his mission as president to include all of the following except

• to return to the original spirit of the revolution.

• restore the republican experiment.

• halt the decay of virtue.

• support the establishment of a strong army and navy to advance the imperialist ambitions of the U.S.

All of the following accurately represent aspects of the historical and contemporaneous debate surrounding Thomas Jefferson's relationship with his slave Sally Hemings except

• Jefferson consistently denied having had a sexual relationship with Sally Hemings throughout his life.

• as late as the 1870s, one of Sally's children claimed that his mother identified Jefferson as the father of her five children.

• in the late 20th century, DNA evidence showed a high probability that Jefferson fathered Sally's youngest son.

• today, most scholars believe that Jefferson fathered only one of Hemings children; the other four had other fathers.

As president, President Jefferson showed unexpected moderation and a conciliatory attitude toward his Federalist political opponent by

• dismissing very few public servants for political reasons.

• refusing to repeal the federal excise tax enacted by the Federalists.

• renewing the Sedition Act for another ten years.

• pursuing a pro-British and anti-French foreign policy.