Jefferson Study Guide

What was different about the election of 1800?

• The president was unanimously elected

• A federalist became president and a republican became vice president

• A republican became president and a federalist became vice president

• There was a tie between the two democratic-republican candidates

What well known politician helped solve the issue with the election of 1800?

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington

What does the 12th Amendment require?

• It required the supreme court to step in and decide the election

• It required that there is a separate ballot for president and vice president

• It required the House of Representatives to decide the election

• None of the above

What was the Judiciary Act of 1801?

• It created the Supreme Court

• It was created by Adams. It also many judgeships for Federalist.

• It created many new courts in Washington DC

• It created a new job for Thomas Jefferson

What was Marbury v Madison?

• A new law created by James Madison

• A famous Supreme Court case that established Judicial Reveiw

• A executive decision written by Thomas Jefferson

• The foreign policy during the Jefferson Era

What did Marbury v Madison establish?

• The Constitution

• Miranda Rights

• Judicial Review

• All of the above

What is Judicial Review?

• The power for the President to oversee Supreme Court decisions

• The power of Congress to be able to declare a Supreme Court decision unconstitutional

• The power of the President to be able to reject a Supreme Court nomination

• The power of the judicial branch to declare a law or an executive decision unconstitutional

Why was Jefferson interested in the Louisiana Territory?

• He wanted to guarantee that the United States would have access to the lower Mississippi river

• He wanted to guarantee that the United States would have access to the Port of New Orleans

• France was in control of the Louisiana Territory and that made him nervous

• All answers are correct

Which group would benefit most from the U.S. having control of the Port of New Orleans?

• Farmers in Ohio

• Fishermen in Maine

• Blacksmiths in Maryland

• Politician in Washington DC

What were the two reasons that Napoleon decided to sell the Louisiana Territory?

• A. He no longer needed it to because of the uprising in Santo Domingo

• B. He needed the money to pay for the war he was fighting with the British

• C. None of the above

• D. Both A and B