Jefferson Era 1800-1809

Which of the following statements ARE TRUE about the Presidential Election of 1800? CHECK ALL THAT APPLY

• Because of the tie, the election was decided in the Senate and the House of Representatives

• Alexander Hamilton broke the tie by persuading the House of Representatives to vote for Thomas Jefferson, making him President in 1800 - he thought Aaron Burr had questionable morals

• James Madison Became the Vice President in 1800

• Democratic-Republican candidates Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr were tied with 73 electoral votes each

Which of the following statements about the Louisiana Purchase ARE TRUE? CHECK ALL THAT APPLY

• French leader Napoleon Bonaparte wanted to use Louisiana to build an empire in the EASTERN Hemisphere

• Napoleon sold Louisiana to the United States because he needed money to fight wars in Europe and because his army was defeated in the Haitian Revolution

• The United States paid $14 million for the Louisiana Purchase

• President Jefferson was worried about the Louisiana Territory because American farmers needed access to the Mississippi River and New Orleans to ship their crops/goods

• The Louisiana Purchase was 728,000 square miles in area

Which of the folllowing statements about the Lewis and Clark Expedition ARE TRUE? CHECK ALL THAT APPLY

• The Expedition left from St. Louis, Missouri with 85 men

• Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were both generals in the U.S. military

• The Expedition travelled all the way to the Pacific Ocean

• The Expedition was important because it informed Americans about the people, plants and animals that were in the Louisiana Territory and led to Americans moving West

• It was discovered that fur was an abundant resource in the Rocky Mountain

What established courts for the United States with 16 judges and many other judicial officials?

• Judiciary Act of 1801

• U. S. Constitution

• Supreme Court

• 12th Amendment

Thomas Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase from which foreign leader?

• King George

• Napoleon

• Sacagawea

• Queen Elizabeth

Which of the following rivers were NOT part of U.S. territory after the Louisiana purchase

• Rio Grande

• Missouri

• Mississippi

• Ohio

The power of the Supreme Court to declare an Act of Congress unconstitutional is called?

• The power of executive review

• The power of congressional review

• The power of judiciary review

• The power of Superman

The precedent set in the case of ___ gave the Supreme Court the right to decide whether laws passed by Congress were constitutional

• U.S. v. Anderson

• Ogden v. McCullogh

• Marshall v. Johnson

• Maubury v. Madison

power of the Supreme Court to decide whether laws passed by Congress are constitutional

• cease

• revolution

• judicial review

• sedition

Who is named in the lawsuit that established the judicial review?

• Marbury v. Madison, 1803

• McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819

• Dred Scott v. Sandford, 1857

• Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896