Growing Pains Test Review

The system where people vote for electors within their state to choose the president instead of voting for the president directly.

• Congress

• Ratification

• Electoral College

• Popular Vote

Why was there a question of who had originally won the Election of 1800?

• There was originally a tie in the electoral college.

• There was originally a tie in the popular vote.

• Nobody decided to run as president in the election.

Who was the eventual winner of the Election of 1800?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Aaron Burr

• John Adams

• George Washington

What was a significant outcome of the Election of 1800?

• The 12th Amendment was passed to prevent future electoral ties.

• The electoral college was abolished.

• George Washington was re-elected for a third term.

• The popular vote was introduced for the first time.

What was the significance of the decision in Marbury v. Madison?

• It created the Supreme Court

• It created the ideal of Judicial Review

• It created the Electoral College to choose presidents

• It gave Congress expanded powers

True/False: Judicial review is the ability of the Supreme Court to decide if a law is constitutional or unconstitutional.

• True

• False

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who wrote the opinion in Marbury v. Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Marshall

• John Roberts

-Author of the Declaration of Independence

-Served in George Washington's cabinet & as Vice President

-Served as America's third president from 1801-1809

• James Madison

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Monroe

Why were Barbary Pirates upset with the United States?

• American ships refused to pay their tribute (money) so they could use their trade routes

• American ships kept trying to attack them

• American ships avoided using their trade routes

• American ships weren't stocked with good enough items to steal

How did President Jefferson react to the Barbary pirates?

• The United States apologized and paid the tributes

• The United States used trade routes in Britain instead

• The United States declared war on Tripoli, while also attacking the pirates

• The United States tried to stay neutral in the conflict