US Module 5 Review

_______________ was the first secretary of the treasury.

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

A growing division in national politics led to the formation of two parties, _______________

• Federalists and Democrats

• Republicans and Democrats

• Federalists and Anti-Federalists

• Federalists and Democratic-Republicans

The XYZ Affair increased tensions between the United States and ________.

• Britain

• Spain

• France

• Mexico

The decision in Marbury v. Madison affirmed the principle of __________, or the ability of the Supreme Court to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional.

• Nullification

• Judicial Review

• Judicial Protocal

• Judiciary Act of 1801

The Lewis and Clark expedition more than __________ the size of the United States.

• Doubled

• Tripled

• Quadrupled

• halved

Which law created the Supreme Court with a Chief Justice and five associate justices?

• the Judiciary Act of 1789

• the Judiciary Act of 1801

• the Alien Acts

• the Sedition Act

Which event was a response to an unpopular excise tax imposed by the federal government?

• the Whiskey Rebellion

• the XYZ Affair

• Marbury v. Madison

• the British blockade of the eastern seacoast

Who secured a treaty with Spain giving the United States shipping rights on the Mississippi River?

• Edmond Genêt

• Thomas Pinckney

• William Henry Harrison

• John Adams

What principle was affirmed in the Supreme Court case of Marbury v. Madison?

• the right of the citizens to criticize their government

• the right of the Supreme Court to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional

• the right of Congress to declare war

• the right of states to nullify an act of Congress that they deem unconstitutional

Who was president when the United States acquired and began to explore the Louisiana Territory?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison