7-1 Jefferson Becomes President

Why is the Election of 1800 so significant?

• It was the transfer of power from Federalist to Democratic-Republican
• It was the transfer of power between Democratic-Republican to Federalist

John Marshall was Chief Justice (Head of Supreme Court) over what branch of the federal government?

• Executive

• Legislative

• Judicial

• Presidential

What did Jefferson do as soon as he was sworn in as President?

• He got rid of domestic taxes, parts of government, most of the military

• He passed laws, added a new department, hired judges
• He increased the size of the Navy, removed Congress, added a Secretary

What was the name of the party that organized behind Jefferson's political principles?

• Federalists

• Democratic-Republicans

• Anti-Federalists

• Whigs

What made the 1800 election different than other elections?

• they never agreed on who should be vice president

• there was a separate vote for vice president

• a federalist became president and a democratic-republican became vice president

• two democratic-republican candidates tied

How did Jefferson arrive to his inauguration?

• In a fancy carriage

• he walked

• he arrived an hour late

Why did William Marbury go to the supreme court and bring a lawsuit against James Madison?

• he didn't like Thomas Jefferson, the new president

• he wanted the court to order the president to deliver his paperwork for his judge apoitment

• he thought the law made by congress was unconstitutional

• he believed James Madison owed him money

The supreme court's decision in the Marbury vs. Madison case showed that...

• the Constitution is the supreme law that no other law can contradict

• Marbury should never have been a judge

• the President can appoint judges even after they leave office

• any new judges must be approved by the supreme court

Jefferson reduced the size of what to help pay the National Debt?

• Army & Navy

• Government

• US Territories

After the Electoral College determined the election was a tie, who cast the tie breaker?

• The Senate
• House of Representatives
• The Supreme Court
• The Executive Branch