WorksheetsAdams and Jefferson Administrations Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
John Adams was a member of what political party?
Federalists
Republicans
Democratic Republicans
Whigs
Who did John Adams defeat in the Election of 1796?
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Aaron Burr
George Washington
What were the two dominant political parties in the 1790s?
Federalists and Democratic Republicans
Federalists and Democrats
Democrats and Republicans
Whigs and the Know Nothings
What is impressment?
Boarding ships and seizing ships and crews from another nation of the high seas
Diplomatic missions to Britain and France to impress their Kings
the 1790's version of a sweat
All of the Above
What was the XYZ Affair?
Incident with France where the french minister sent 3 agents asking for bribes before negotiating with American diplomats
Incident with Britain where the french minister sent 3 agents asking for bribes before negotiating with American diplomats
Diplomatic mission with France where we helped the monarchy put down the French Revolution
Incident with France where the french minister sent 3 agents asking for bribes before negotiating with American diplomats and the American diplomats were sentenced to death via guillotine
Under the Naturalization Act of 1798, the requirement for citizenship changed from 5 years to?
7 years
14 years
21 years
automatic citizenship
Under the Alien Act, Congress gave President Adams the right to?
Deport any foreigner deemed dangerous to the United States
Arrest and execute any foreigner deemed dangerous to the United States
Make contact with the outside world
Jail journalists who criticize the Adams Administration
The Sedition Act enabled the government to?
Jail journalists who criticize the Adams Administration
Execute journalists who criticize the Adams Administration
Deport journalists who criticize the Adams Administration
threaten to give journalists steps but never actually does
What was the result of the VA and KY Resolutions?
It attacked President Adams for the Alien and Sedition Acts and as a result, the Federalists lost the Election of 1800
It attacked President Adams for the Alien and Sedition Acts but the Federalists still won the Election of 1800 easily
Deported journalists who disagreed with the Adams Administration
All of the Above
Who decided the Election of 1800?
The House of Representatives
The Electoral College
The Senate
The popular vote
Why did the House of Representatives decide the Election of 1800?
No candidate won a majority of the Electoral College
The House of Representatives elect the POTUS
The Electoral College became corrupt
False! black bear...
Thomas Jefferson was the leader of what political party?
Democratic Republicans
Federalists
Democrats
Republicans
Who/what were the "Midnight Judges" and why were they controversial?
President Adams and the Federalist passed the Judiciary Act of 1801, that expanded the courts and allowed President Adams to appoint new judges as he left office
President Adams and the Democratic Republicans passed the Judiciary Act of 1801, that expanded the courts and allowed President Adams to appoint new judges as he left office
President Washington and the Federalist passed the Judiciary Act of 1801, that expanded the courts and allowed President Adams to appoint new judges as he left office
None of the Above
Which 1803 Supreme Court case established Judicial Review?
Marbury v. Madison
Gibbons v. Ogden
Scott v. Sandford
Plessey v. Ferguson
Why did France sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States?
Napoleon needed money to take over Europe and a slave revolt in Haiti ended France’s land holding in the Caribbean sugar islands
Britain did not care about controlling all of North America after the Revolutionary War
Spain wanted to focus on controlling Central and South America
the land was cursed
Why was President Jefferson criticized with both the Federalists and Democratic Republicans for purchasing the Louisiana Territory?
He was a strict constructionist.
The President does not have the power to buy land
Unconstitutional
All of the Above
What was the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
An expedition to the LA Purchase, attempt to find the NW Passage, survey new territory
A quest to be the first people to circumnavigate the world
The mission to put a person on the moon
It was the one with the hobbits and they had to destroy the ring of power by throwing it into a volcano
Who was the Shoshone Native American Woman who helped Lewis and Clark navigate across the new territory?
Sacagewea
Pocahontas
Sitting Bull
Elizabeth Warren
How did the 1807 Embargo Act hurt the US Economy?
It stopped all international trade thus eliminating thousands of American jobs
expanded international trade causing a booming economy not seen again until 2020
It closed all the bars in the United States causing another Whiskey Rebellion
caused more impressment and crippled international trade
What was the Non-Intercourse Act of 1809?
Opens the American economy to international trade with all countries except Britain and France
Reopens the American economy to international trade
A marriage law that restricts who could procreate
All of the above
