Chapter 11 Midterm Flashcards
One of the greatest problems that John Adams and the Federalists faced in the election of 1800 was
Adams’s refusal to take the country to was against France
In the election of 1800, the Federalists accused Thomas Jefferson of all of the following except
Supporting high taxes
In the 1800 election Thomas Jefferson won the state of New York because
Aaron Burr used his influence to turn the state to Jefferson
The Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans presented themselves as all of the following except
Believers in a strong central government
Thomas Jefferson received the bulk of his support from the
South and West
In 1800, Thomas Jefferson was chosen president by the
House of Representatives
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
Thomas Jefferson saw his election an his mission as president to include all of the following except
Support he establishment of a strong army
As president, Thomas Jefferson’s stand on several political issues that he had previously championed
Was reversed
Thomas Jefferson’s presidency was characterized by his
Moderation in the administration of public policy
Thomas Jefferson and his followers opposed John Adams’s last-minute appointment of new federal judges mainly because
It was an attempt by a defeated party to entrench itself in the government
When it came to the major Federalist economic programs, Thomas Jefferson as president
Left practically all of them in tact
The chief judicial who carried out, more than any other federal official, the ideas of Alexander Hamilton concerning a powerful federal government was
John Marshall
Before he became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Marshall’s service at Valley Forge during the American Revolution convinced him
Of the drawbacks of feeble central authority
As Chief Justice of the United States, John Marshall helped to ensure that
The political and economic system was based on a strong central government
The case of Marbury v Madison involved the question of who had the right to
Declare an act of congress unconstitutional
John Marshall, as chief justice of the United States, helped to strengthen the judicial branch of government by
Asserting the doctrine of judicial review of congressional legislation
Thomas Jefferson’s failed attempt to impeach and convict Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase for “high crimes and misdemeanors” meant that
Judicial independence and the separation of powers had been preserved
Thomas Jefferson distrusted large standing armies because they
Could be used to establish a dictatorship
Thomas Jefferson saw navies as less dangerous than armies because
They could not march inland and endanger liberties
Thomas Jefferson’s first major foreign-policy decision was to
Send a naval squadron to the Mediterranean
Thomas Jefferson ceased his opposition to the expansion of the many when the
Pasha of Tripoli declared war on the United States
To guard American shores, Thomas Jefferson
Constructed two hundred tiny gunboats
Arrange in order: (A) Louisiana Purchase, (B) Chesapeake incident, (C) Burr’s trial for treason, (D) Embargo Act
A, C, B, D
