Jefferson Era Review

Proposed by Congress after the Election of 1800, what did the Twelfth Amendment accomplish?

• let the court cast the deciding vote in deadlocked elections
• allowed Americans overseas to cast votes by mail
• abolished the practice of counting ballots by hand
• created a separate ballot for president and vice president

Which Federalist policy did President Jefferson keep when he took office in 1801?

• domestic tax on whiskey
• Alien and Sedition Act
• development of military forces
• creation of the Bank of the United States

Which of the following was a major theme of Thomas Jefferson's inaugural address?

• protecting civil liberties
• expanding the powers of government
• improving the capital's infrastructure
• repaying the national debt

What is judicial review?

• the power of Congress to oversee decisions made by the Supreme Court
• the power of Congress to review the appointment of Supreme Court justices
• the power of the judiciary to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional
• the power of the judiciary to monitor the conduct of presidential elections

Which of the following statements reflects the significance of Marbury v. Madison?

• It described the specific types of cases that could be brought before the Supreme Court
• It established the Supreme court's power to check the other branches of government
• It limited the Supreme Court's effectiveness by requiring it to hear every case brought before it.
• It weakened the Supreme Court in relation to the White House and Congress

Who was John Marshall?

• Democratic-Republican justice who invalidated James Madison's appointment of "midnight judges"
• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who wrote the opinion in Marbury v. Madison and was appointed by John Adams
• Secretary of State under Thomas Jefferson who refused to deliver appointment papers to William Marbury
• attorney who wrongly argued that the Court had the power to make Madison hand over Marbury's appointment papers

The Louisiana Purchase was significant to the United States because it

• nearly doubled the size of the country
• helped the United States challenge British power in North America
• set a precedent regarding the purchase of territory without congressional approval
• took New Orleans out of Spain's control

Napoleon Bonaparte decided to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States because he

• wanted U.S. support for a war against Spain.
• Thought the land would be set aside for Native Americans
• needed to reinforce the French military in the war against the British
• wished to build a new empire in North America

In a sense, Lewis and Clark failed in their expedition in that they did not

• collect adequate information about western plants and animals
• survey the Louisiana Purchase
• travel over the Cascade Range on horseback
• find a river route across the West to the Pacific Ocean

Zebulon Pike's exploration

• provided many Americans with their first account of the Northwest
• helped outline the Louisiana Territory's western border with New Spain
• provided a full report of Spanish spying activities in the Louisiana Territory
• inspired mountain climbers to explore the peaks of the Cascade Range