Jefferson Era

All of the following are characteristics of the Federalist party EXCEPT:

• Strong central government

• Favored farmers

• Located mainly in the Northeastern states

• Lead by Alexander Hamilton

All of the following are true regarding the Democratic-Republican party EXCEPT:

• Favored the elites, manufacturers, banks

• Lead by Thomas Jefferson

• Wanted a weak central government

• Power should reside with state/local government

This will double the size of the United States, territoriality, & benefited the US by gaining more land for farming, territory for westward expansion, & gained the port of New Orleans

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Treaty of Ghent

• Louisiana Purchase

• Pickney Treaty

As an attempt to explore the newly purchased Louisiana territory, President Jefferson sent two explorers to gain knowledge about the new territory. Who were they?

• Merriweather Lewis & John Locke

• William Clark & Andrew Jackson

• Aaron Burr & Alexander Hamilton

• Merriweather Lewis & William Clark

The case of Marbury v. Madison established, ___________, which means that the Supreme Court reviews laws to check their constitutionality.

• judicial review

• ongoing review

• legislative branch

• Marbury's Law

What were “midnight judges?”

• Judges appointed by John Adams and the Federalists at the last second before Thomas Jefferson became president

• Judges appointed by Thomas Jefferson in the middle of the night

• Corrupt judges who were fired from the government

• Judges who attempted to overthrow the federal government

A major reason why Thomas Jefferson was interested in purchasing Louisiana from France was that he

• wanted to establish a precedent for the expansion of presidential authority

• wanted an area beyond the Mississippi river to which eastern Native Americans (Indians) could be moved

• had learned from Lewis and Clark of the untapped mineral resources in western areas

• hoped to preserve an agricultural society by making abundant lands available to future generations

The Doctrine of Implied Powers, established in McCulloch V. Maryland,

• contradicted the court's earlier decision implementing the idea of judicial review

• grants powers to the Federal government that aren't explicitly stated in the constitution

• is in line with Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans belief in strict interpretation of the Constitution

• established the right of states to nullify Federal laws they believe to be unconstitutional

Because the Election of 1800 ended in a tie, whose job was it to decide the election?

• The Vice President

• House of Representatives

• Supreme Court Justices

• Senators

What court cased established the principles of judicial review?

• McCulloch vs. Maryland

• Marbury vs. Madison

• Gibbons vs. Ogden

• Worcester vs. Georgia