Chapter 8 Terms

What are the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution known as?

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• Federalist Papers

• Declaration of Independence

What was the controversy involving the French representative who tried to involve the United States in France’s war against Great Britain?

• XYZ affair

• Citizen Genêt affair

• Louisiana Purchase

• Marbury v. Madison

Who were the advocates of limited government that opposed the Federalists?

• Whigs

• Tories

• Democratic-Republicans

• Loyalists

What is the practice of capturing sailors and forcing them into military service called?

• Impressment

• Conscription

• Drafting

• Enlistment

What are French warrants allowing ships and their crews to engage in piracy called?

• Letters of marque

• Privateer licenses

• Corsair permits

• Pirate charters

What was the U.S. purchase of the large territory of Louisiana from France in 1803 called?

• Gadsden Purchase

• Louisiana Purchase

• Alaska Purchase

• Florida Purchase

Which landmark 1803 case established the Supreme Court’s power of judicial review?

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Marbury v. Madison

• Brown v. Board of Education

What was the peaceful transfer of power from the Federalists to the Democratic-Republicans with the election of 1800 known as?

• The Great Compromise

• The Revolution of 1800

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Compromise of 1850

What was the period during the French Revolution characterized by extreme violence and the execution of numerous enemies of the revolutionary government from 1793 through 1794 called?

• The Enlightenment

• The Renaissance

• The Terror

• The Reformation

What was the French attempt to extract a bribe from the United States during the Quasi-War of 1798-1800 known as?

• Citizen Genêt affair

• XYZ affair

• Louisiana Purchase

• Marbury v. Madison