Chapter 10 Study guide Flashcards
Which two candidates had the same number of electoral votes at the end of the
Election of 1800?
Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr
How many electoral votes did Jefferson and Burr have?
73
What decided the Election of 1800 after there was a tie in the Electoral College?
House of Representatives
What amendment set the requirements for presidential elections?
12th Amendment
What type of governmental style “lets the people do as they choose”?
Laissez-faire
What act helped the Federalists control the courts?
Judiciary Act of 1801
Why did John Adams want to appoint these judges before he left office?
They thought it was unfair to force a new president to finish the last ones job
Marbury v. Madison was the first time the Supreme Court had ever decided that
something was what?
Unconstitutional
Why would farmers in TN/KY establish their homes and farms near rivers that fed
into the Mississippi River?
To ship their crops to other markets
Who sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States?
France
How much did the US pay for the area in the Louisiana Purchase?
15 million
What political party threatened to secede due to the Louisiana Purchase?
Federalists
Who was sent on an expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory
Lewis and Clark
What river did those explorers follow along on their way to the Pacific Ocean?
Mississippi River
Why was the Lewis and Clark expedition important to the western expansion of the
US?
They inspired people to go west and settle
What did the US do to prohibit trade with the rest of the world?
They worried and panicked
What did Tecumseh try to build in response to Ohio River Valley settlement?
Native American Confederacy
Who earned the nickname “Tippecanoe” after the battle of the same name?
William Henry Harrison
Who were two famous War Hawks that pressured Madison for war with Britain?
Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun
What were the causes of the War of 1812?
Andrew Jackson leads an attack against the Creek Indians of Mississippi
What happened at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend?
The impressment of soldiers and the attack on the Chesapeake
What city was burned greatly at the war
Washington DC
What did Dolley Madison save from the President’s mansion?
A portrait of George Washington
What 3 major buildings were burned down in Washington DC in the War of 1812?
The Capitol, the White House, and the library of congress
