Chapter 10

Question 0

How many electoral votes did the two candidates have?

Answer 0

73

Question 1

Which two candidates had the same number of electoral votes at the end of the
Election of 1800?

Answer 1

Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr

Question 2

What decided the Election of 1800 after there was a tie in the Electoral College?

Answer 2

House of Representatives

Question 3

What amendment set the requirements for presidential elections?

Answer 3

Twelfth ammendment

Question 4

What type of governmental style “lets the people do as they choose”?

Answer 4

Laissez-faire

Question 5

What act helped the Federalists control the courts?

Answer 5

Judiciary Act if 1801

Question 6

Why did John Adams want to appoint these judges before he left office?

Answer 6

To shut Jefferson out of the appointment process and jeep federalists control in the courts

Question 7

Who is the most famous midnight judge to not have his job finalized?

Answer 7

William Marbury

Question 8

What was the landmark court case involving that judge that established judicial
review?

Answer 8

Marbury vs. Madison

Question 9

That case was the first time the Supreme Court had ever decided that something
was ________

Answer 9

Unconstitutional

Question 10

Why would farmers in TN/KY establish their homes and farms near rivers that fed
into the Mississippi River?

Answer 10

Tosh up their crops to markets

Question 11

Who sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States?

Answer 11

France

Question 12

How much did the US pay for the area in the Louisiana Purchase?

Answer 12

15million $

Question 13

What political party had members threaten to secede from the union in response to
the Louisiana Purchase?

Answer 13

Federalists

Question 14

Who was sent on an expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory and find its
resources?

Answer 14

Lewis and Clark

Question 15

What river did those explorers follow along on their way to the Pacific Ocean?

Answer 15

Missouri

Question 16

Why was the Lewis and Clark expedition important to the western expansion of the
US?

Answer 16

It inspired people to fewest and settle in a new sense of adventure

Question 17

What did the US do to prohibit trade with the rest of the world and get back at
Britain?

Answer 17

Embargo Act

Question 18

What did Tecumseh try to build in response to Ohio River Valley settlement?

Answer 18

Native American Confederacy to protect their land

Question 19

Who earned the nickname “Tippecanoe” after the battle of the same name?

Answer 19

William Henry Harrison

Question 20

Who were two famous War Hawks that pressured Madison for war with Britain?

Answer 20

Henry Clay and John C.Calhoun

Question 21

What was the cause of the War of 1812?

Answer 21

Impressment of soldiers and attack on the Chesapeake

Question 22

What city was burned greatly during the war?

Answer 22

Washington D.C.

Question 23

What did Dolley Madison save from the President’s mansion?

Answer 23

A portrait of George Washington

Question 24

What was the fort found at the entrance to the Baltimore Harbor?

Answer 24

Fort McHenry

Question 25

What famous American song was written after the Battle of Fort McHenry?

Answer 25

The Star-Spangled Banner

Question 26

What treaty ended the War of 1812?

Answer 26

Treaty of Ghent

Question 27

What major battle took place after the peace treaty was signed?

Answer 27

The Battle of New Orleans

Question 28

Who became a well-known hero after that battle?

Answer 28

Andrew Jackson

Question 29

What did the outcome of the War of 1812 do for America?

Answer 29

Helped the US gain respect around the world and built a strong national identity. ( Nationalism )