Jefferson Era

Jefferson and Pinckney traveled the country to gain support in the election of 1800.

• True

• False

According to the Constitution, the president is chosen by ______________.

• A.the people

•  B.the House of Representatives

•  C.electors

•  D.the Senate

What is one way Jefferson lowered the national debt?

• A.cutting military spending

   

• B.refusing a salary

   

• C.lowering the number of people in Congress

•  D.raising taxes

Which is true about American settlers in the early 1800s?

•  A.They traveled along well-maintained roads in Conestoga wagons.

   

• B.They moved to have more freedom.

•  C.They were mostly explorers and trappers.

•  D.They were seeking land and adventure.

Which of the following events alarmed Jefferson?

• A.American settlers moved into Florida.

   

• B.The Spanish transferred control of the Louisiana Territory to the French.

•  C.Enslaved Africans and other workers revolted on Santo Domingo.

   

• D.The French transferred control of New Orleans to the Spanish.

One of the goals of the Lewis and Clark expedition was to ________________.

• A.negotiate a deal to buy the land from Native Americans

•  B.build forts

•  C.find the "Northwest Passage"

•  D.decide how much the land was worth

Which of the following had a positive effect on American shippers in the mid-1790s?

• A.Barbary pirates demanded tribute

•  B.Britain and France were at war

•  C.the United States and Britain were at war

   

• D.China was their only trading partner

When Jefferson refused to pay more tribute, ____ declared war on the United States.

• A.France

   

• B.Britain

•  C.the Barbary Coast

•  D.Tripoli

Madison had ____ before he learned that Britain had ended their policy of searching ships.

• A.attacked British ships

   

• B.asked Congress for a declaration of war

•  C.resigned from the presidency

   

• D.imposed a new embargo

The British took Washington, D.C., in August 1814, and left it to move on to Baltimore.

• True

• False