APUSH Ch. 11 Quiz

In the 1800 election, Thomas Jefferson won the state of New York because

• of a reaction against Alexander Hamilton, Jefferson's enemy.
• Aaron Burr used his influence to turn the state to Jefferson.
• of the high taxes passed by the Adams administration.
• 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 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.

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.