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Jefferson Era Test Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which statement best reflects the principles of Judicial Review? (Check all that apply)

a)

The Judicial Branch can declare laws unconstitutional

b)

The Constitution is the supreme law of the land

c)

Any laws that conflict with the Constitution cannot stand

d)

The Executive Branch must uphold the Constitution

2.

What was the purpose of the 12th Amendment passed after the election of 1800?

a)

To allow congress to make treaties with natives regarding land

b)

To avoid War with Britain and France

c)

To avoid another tie after the election of 1800

d)

To set Judicial Review in the Supreme Court

3.

The significance of the Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison is that the decision:

a)

advanced civil rights for minorities

b)

limited Presidential control of foreign policy

c)

upheld the constitutionality of a national bank

d)

established the power of judicial review

4.

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

a)

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

b)

Alexander Hamilton broke the tie by persuading the House of Representatives to vote for Thomas Jefferson, making him President in 1800

c)

James Madison Became the Vice President in 1800

d)

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

5.

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

a)

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

b)

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

c)

The United States paid $14 million for the Louisiana Purchase

d)

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

e)

The Louisiana Purchase was 728,000 square miles in area

6.

Which of the following was one of the major effects of the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

It made Jefferson a dictator.

b)

It doubled the size of the United States.

c)

It put the port of New Orleans in danger.

d)

It started a war between France and Britain.

7.

What is impressment?

a)

When Americans went back on their promises to Native Americans

b)

A ban on trade with ALL foreign goods

c)

A tax on imported goods

d)

Forcing captured sailors to serve in the military

8.

Who won the Presidential election on 1808?

a)

Federalist Thomas Jefferson

b)

Democratic- Republican Thomas Jefferson

c)

Federalist James Madison

d)

Democratic- Republican James Madison

9.

Which of the following is TRUE of the Battle of Tippecanoe? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)

a)

Tecumseh tried to build a confederacy with other Native tribes to put a stop to US expansion

b)

The defeat of the Native Americans led Tecumseh to make an alliance with the French

c)

The defeat of the Native Americans led Tecumseh to make an alliance with the British

d)

Indiana Governor, William Henry Harrison defeated the Native Americans at the Battle of Tippecanoe

10.

How did the United States avoid war between Britain and France?

a)

The French put up a blockade around the US

b)

The US used the policy of neutral rights

c)

Britain and France raised tariffs on the United States

d)

The British began impressing American sailors

11.

Which of the following words means to prohibit trade with a foreign nation?

a)

Impressment

b)

Tariff

c)

Embargo

d)

Blockade

12.

Why was the Embargo Act of 1807 an economic disaster?

a)

It cut off trade with all foreign nations

b)

It cut off trade with Britain and France

c)

It raised tariffs on all imported goods

d)

It lowered tariffs on all imported goods

13.

Why did Jefferson urge Congress to pass the Embargo Act of 1807?

a)

To end the high tariffs Britain had placed on the US

b)

To make Britain and France stop attacking US trade ships

c)

To avoid being drawn into European wars

d)

So Jefferson could buy the Louisiana Territory from France

14.

Who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel in 1804?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

James Madison

d)

Aaron Burr

15.

Which of the following ARE Barbary States?

a)

Tripoli

b)

Morocco

c)

Algiers

d)

Egypt

e)

Ghana

16.

All of the following are true of Stephen Decatur's role in the War with Tripoli EXCEPT?

a)

No one died in the raid

b)

He entered the harbor in Tripoli on a captured pirate ship

c)

Decatur burned the US ship Philadelphia so the Pirates couldn't use it

d)

Decatur and his men were captured by pirates

17.

Under the Treaty of Ghent, that ended the War of 1812, which of the following occurred?

a)

The U.S. gained Canada, and the British were forced to stop impressing US sailors

b)

The British gained land in North America and there was no mention of British Impressment.

c)

No borders changed and there was no mention of British Impressment of US sailors

d)

The US gained Florida and there was not any mention of impressing US sailors

18.

Which person below gained their fame as a General in the War of 1812 because of the Battle of New Orleans?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

William Henry Harrison

c)

Aaron Burr

d)

James Madison

19.

What event happened during Jefferson's Presidency that led to an outcry of war from the American people?

a)

The British blockaded American harbors so, the US couldn't trade with France

b)

The British warship Leopard fired on the US ship Chesapeake which killed 3 Americans

c)

The French blockaded American harbors so the US couldn't trade with Britain

d)

The French warship Leopard fired on the US ship Chesapeake which killed 3 Americans

20.

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

a)

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

b)

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

c)

The Expedition travelled all the way to the Pacific Ocean

d)

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

e)

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