Chapter 8 Test-The Jefferson Era

In the presidential election of 1800, what two Republicans received the same number of electoral votes.

• Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson

• Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr

• Thomas Jefferson and George Washington

• Andrew Jackson and Aaron Burr

Jefferson wanted to limit the powers of the ________________ government.

• national

• state

Which of the following was an important Supreme Court ruling because it confirmed the Court's power to check the power of the other branches of government?

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Marbury vs. Madison

• Scott vs. Schrute

The Louisiana Purchase _________ the size of the United States.

• tripled

• quadrupled

• doubled

• did nothing to

Who offered to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States because he needed money for his war with Great Britain?

• King Louis XVI of France

• Meriwether Lewis

• Napolean Bonaparte

• Britain's king

True or False. Expeditions into western territories greatly increased American knowledge of the West.

• True

• False

President Jefferson sent what people to explore the Louisiana Territory and to look for a river route to the Pacific Ocean?

• Meriwether Lewis and Zebulon Pike

• Meriwether Lewis, Sacagawea, and William Clark

• Meriwether Lewis, Zebulon Pike, and William Clark

• Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

What was very important because many American goods passed through its port at the mouth of the Mississippi River?

• Boston

• New Orleans

• Long Beach

• Houston

Many Americans believed that this country was behind the efforts to provide military aid to American Indians in the western frontier.

• France

• Spain

• Britain

This law passed in 1807 greatly damaged American trade and hurt President Jefferson's popularity.

• impressment

• Non-Intercourse Act

• Embargo Act