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WorksheetsJohn Adam's and Thomas Jefferson's Presidencies Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Naturalization Act
Increased the number of years to qualify for US citizenship from 5 to 14.
Alien Act
Gave the President the power to deport foreigners considered dangerous.
Sedition Act
Made it illegal for newspapers to criticize the President.
During Adam's presidency, France was
seizing American ships.
seizing frontier settlements.
sinking American ships.
attacking American cities.
Adams send ambassadors to France to negotiate a treaty to stop seizing American ships, but
the French ministers demanded bribes.
the French ministers were too conceited to meet with them.
they were captured by the British.
their ship disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle.
The XYZ Affair was called that because no one ever knew the names of the French ministers that demanded the bribes.
True
False
Who won the Presidential Election of 1800?
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson was a...
Federalist
Democratic Republican
Because the transfer of power from the Federalists to the Democratic-Republicans was peaceful, the election of 1800 is called the...
Revolution of 1800.
War of 1800.
Peace of 1800.
Dance of 1800.
Why did Jefferson want to purchase New Orleans?
Because Spain would not let US traders use its port tax free.
Because it controlled access to the Mississippi River.
Because the Mardi Gras celebration there was lit.
Because Spain might use it to attack the US interior.
Napoleon (France) agreed to sell not just New Orleans but also...
the Louisiana Territory.
Florida.
New Spain.
Canada.
New Orleans and the Louisiana Territory were purchased for...
$10 million.
$15 million.
$20 million.
$100 million.
Jefferson's ability to buy the Louisiana Territory without the consent of Congress was completely Consitutional.
True
False
The Louisiana Purchase _________ the size of the United States.
doubled
tripled
quadrupled
reduced
The two men tasked with exploring the Louisiana Purchase were Captain Meriwether Lewis and...
Lt. William Clark.
Toussaint Charbonneau
Sacagawea.
James Monroe
In 1804 Alexander Hamilton killed Aaron Burr in a duel because of an insult.
True
False
Jefferson built and sent the American navy to the ____________ to defeat the Barbary Pirates and protect American trading ships.
Mediterranean Sea
Indian Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Pacific Ocean
