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Adams and Jefferson Administrations Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

John Adams was a member of what political party?

a)

Federalists

b)

Republicans

c)

Democratic Republicans

d)

Whigs

2.

Who did John Adams defeat in the Election of 1796?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

James Madison

c)

Aaron Burr

d)

George Washington

3.

What were the two dominant political parties in the 1790s?

a)

Federalists and Democratic Republicans

b)

Federalists and Democrats

c)

Democrats and Republicans

d)

Whigs and the Know Nothings

4.

What is impressment?

a)

Boarding ships and seizing ships and crews from another nation of the high seas

b)

Diplomatic missions to Britain and France to impress their Kings

c)

the 1790's version of a sweat

d)

All of the Above

5.

What was the XYZ Affair?

a)

Incident with France where the french minister sent 3 agents asking for bribes before negotiating with American diplomats

b)

Incident with Britain where the french minister sent 3 agents asking for bribes before negotiating with American diplomats

c)

Diplomatic mission with France where we helped the monarchy put down the French Revolution

d)

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

6.

Under the Naturalization Act of 1798, the requirement for citizenship changed from 5 years to?

a)

7 years

b)

14 years

c)

21 years

d)

automatic citizenship

7.

Under the Alien Act, Congress gave President Adams the right to?

a)

Deport any foreigner deemed dangerous to the United States

b)

Arrest and execute any foreigner deemed dangerous to the United States

c)

Make contact with the outside world

d)

Jail journalists who criticize the Adams Administration

8.

The Sedition Act enabled the government to?

a)

Jail journalists who criticize the Adams Administration

b)

Execute journalists who criticize the Adams Administration

c)

Deport journalists who criticize the Adams Administration

d)

threaten to give journalists steps but never actually does

9.

What was the result of the VA and KY Resolutions?

a)

It attacked President Adams for the Alien and Sedition Acts and as a result, the Federalists lost the Election of 1800

b)

It attacked President Adams for the Alien and Sedition Acts but the Federalists still won the Election of 1800 easily

c)

Deported journalists who disagreed with the Adams Administration

d)

All of the Above

10.

Who decided the Election of 1800?

a)

The House of Representatives

b)

The Electoral College

c)

The Senate

d)

The popular vote

11.

Why did the House of Representatives decide the Election of 1800?

a)

No candidate won a majority of the Electoral College

b)

The House of Representatives elect the POTUS

c)

The Electoral College became corrupt

d)

False! black bear...

12.

Thomas Jefferson was the leader of what political party?

a)

Democratic Republicans

b)

Federalists

c)

Democrats

d)

Republicans

13.

Who/what were the "Midnight Judges" and why were they controversial?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

None of the Above

14.

Which 1803 Supreme Court case established Judicial Review?

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

Gibbons v. Ogden

c)

Scott v. Sandford

d)

Plessey v. Ferguson

15.

Why did France sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States?

a)

Napoleon needed money to take over Europe and a slave revolt in Haiti ended France’s land holding in the Caribbean sugar islands

b)

Britain did not care about controlling all of North America after the Revolutionary War

c)

Spain wanted to focus on controlling Central and South America

d)

the land was cursed

16.

Why was President Jefferson criticized with both the Federalists and Democratic Republicans for purchasing the Louisiana Territory?

a)

He was a strict constructionist.

b)

The President does not have the power to buy land

c)

Unconstitutional

d)

All of the Above

17.

What was the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

a)

An expedition to the LA Purchase, attempt to find the NW Passage, survey new territory

b)

A quest to be the first people to circumnavigate the world

c)

The mission to put a person on the moon

d)

It was the one with the hobbits and they had to destroy the ring of power by throwing it into a volcano

18.

Who was the Shoshone Native American Woman who helped Lewis and Clark navigate across the new territory?

a)

Sacagewea

b)

Pocahontas

c)

Sitting Bull

d)

Elizabeth Warren

19.

How did the 1807 Embargo Act hurt the US Economy?

a)

It stopped all international trade thus eliminating thousands of American jobs

b)

expanded international trade causing a booming economy not seen again until 2020

c)

It closed all the bars in the United States causing another Whiskey Rebellion

d)

caused more impressment and crippled international trade

20.

What was the Non-Intercourse Act of 1809?

a)

Opens the American economy to international trade with all countries except Britain and France

b)

Reopens the American economy to international trade

c)

A marriage law that restricts who could procreate

d)

All of the above