Chapter 11 Flashcards
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On becoming president, Thomas Jefferson and the Republicans in Congress immediately repealed
The excise tax on Whiskey
Thomas Jefferson’s “Revolution of 1800” was remarkable in that it
marked the peaceful and orderly transfer of power on the basis of election results accepted by all parties
Lewis and Clark’s expedition through the Louisiana Purchase territory yielded all of the following except
Treaties with several Indian nations
The legal precedent for judicial review was established when
President Adams appointed several “midnight judges” to the federal courts
The case of Marbury vs. Madison involved the question of who had the right to
Determine the meaning of the constitution
The British impressed American sailors into the British Navy because
They needed more men
Seafaring New England opposed the War of 1812 because of all of the following except
Their strong trade ties with France
Lewis and Clark demonstrated the viability of
an overland trail to the Pacific
To deal with British and French violations of America’s neutrality, Thomas Jefferson
Enacted an economic embargo
The war hawks demanded war with Britain because they wanted to do all of the following except
Retaliate for the British burning of Washington DC
Federalists opposed the acquisition of Canada becaus
it was too agrarian and would give more votes to the Democratic-Republicans
To guard American shores, Thomas Jefferson
Constructed 200 tiny gunboats
John Marshall, as chief justice of the US, helped to strengthen the judicial branch of the government by
asserting the doctrine of judicial review of congressional legislation
Thomas Jefferson was elected president by the House of Representatives when
A few federalists refrained from voting
Thomas Jefferson ceased his opposition to the expansion of the army when
Pasha of Tripoli declared war on the USA
One of the greatest problems that John Adams and the Federalists faced in the election of 1800 was
Adam’s refusal to take the country to war with France
When it came to the major Federalist economic programs, Thomas Jefferson as president
left practically all of them intact
Thomas Jefferson and his followers opposed John Adam’s last minute appointment of new federal judges mainly because
It was an attempt by a defeated party to entrench itself in the government
Tecumseh argued that Indians should
not cede control of land to whites unless all Indians agreed
Thomas Jefferson sent two envoys to France in 1803 with the essential goal of
purchasing New Orleans to make it secure for American trade
Thomas Jefferson’s embargo failed for all of the following reasons except that
he underestimated Britain’s dependence on American trade
In the election of 1800, the Federalists accused Thomas Jefferson of all of the following except
secretly encouraging Aaron Burr to assassinate Alexander Hamilton
The Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans presented themselves as all of the following except
Believers in a strong central government
One of the first lessons learned by the Jeffersonians after their victory in the 1800 presidential election was
That it is easier to condemn from the stump than to govern consistently
