Jefferson

"We are all Republicans, we are all Federalist...Let us, then, with courage and confidence pursue our own Federal and Republican principles, our attachment to union and representative government."

- Thomas Jefferson, first inaugural address

In this quote from his Inaugural Address, what was Jefferson trying to accomplish?

• form a new political party

• bridge the gap between Federalists and Republicans

• encourage Congress to establish a representative government

• point out the differences between political parties

In Marbury v. Madison (1803), the Supreme Court established a precedent for ______________________.

• judicial review

• the impeachment process for civil officers

• lifetime offices for justices

• treaty ratification procedures

When the court case of Marbury v Madison established the three principles of judicial review, which of the following was NOT one of the principles?

• The Constitution is the supreme law of the land.

• The judicial branch can use Congress' implied powers

• The judicial branch can declare laws unconstitutional.

• The Constitution is followed when there is a conflict with other laws.

What unexpected impact did the French Revolution have on the United States?

• a doubling of its territory

• a weaker abolitionist movement

• a massive slave uprising in the South

• a war with another colonial superpower

Although Jefferson wrestled with this decision on Constitutional grounds, this acquisition doubled the size of the United States.

• Louisiana Purchase

• Gadsden Purchase

• Annexation of Texas

• Annexation of Alaska

The Louisiana Purchase had great geographic for the United States because it

• reduced British control of North America

• allowed for the westward expansion of the United States

• extended United States control over Mexico

• decreased tensions with Native Americans

Why did President Jefferson have reservations about buying the Louisiana Territory?

• He doubted his constitutional power to do so.

• He feared it would upset western Native American tribes.

• New Orleans had very few Americans living there.

• The Spanish claimed the territory as their own.

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were sent to _______

• remove Native Americans from Louisiana

• explore and map the Louisiana Purchase

• defeat the Spanish in Mexico

• buy Louisiana from France

Who was commissioned by Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Territory?

• John Jay and John Adams

• Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

• Alexander Hamilton and John Marshall

• Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett

Jefferson reduced the size of all of the following except...

• Military

• Government

• US Territories