Chapter 11 APUSH American Pageant
During the War of 1812, to who did the New England states lend the most money?
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What allowed Thomas Jefferson to be elected president by the House of Representatives?
a few federalists refrained from voting
List four things yielded by Lewis and Clark's expedition through the Louisiana Purchase territory.
a rich harvest of scientific observations, maps hair-raising adventure stories, knowledge of the indians of the regions
Of what did Lewis and Clark demonstrate the viability?
an overland trail to the pacific
How did John Marshall, as chief justice of the United States, help to strengthen the judicial branch of government?
asserting the doctrine of judicial review of congregional legislation
Why was Thomas Jefferson conscience-stricken about the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France?
bc he believed that the purchase was unconsititutional
Why did the British impress American sailors into the British navy?
bc thet needed more men
Why did Thomas Jefferson distrust large standing armies?
bc they could be used to est. a dictatorship
Why did Thomas Jefferson see navies as less dangerous than armies?
bc they could not march inland & endangered liberties
What did Thomas Jefferson do to guard American shores?
constructed 200 tiny gunboats
What did Thomas Jefferson do in order to purchase New Orleans from France?
decided to make an alliance with his old enemy, Britain
Arrange the following events in chronological order: war hawks enter Congress, declaration of war on Britain, Embargo Act, and the Battle of Tippecanoe.
embargo act, warhawks enter congress, battle of tippecanoe, declaration of war on britain
From which regions did Thomas Jefferson receive the bulk of his support?
from the South & west
With Thomas Jefferson's election as president, how might one describe the unity of the Democratic-Republican party?
grew less unified as the federalist party began to fade and lose power
What did Jefferson do to deal with British and French violations of America's neutrality?
he enacted an economic embargo
List four reasons why Napoleon chose to sell Louisiana to the United States.
he has suffereed from misfortunes in Santo Domingo, he hoped that the territory would one day help America thwart the ambitions of the biritish, he did not want to drive america into the arms of the British, Yellow fever killled many french troopers
What did Aaron Burr plot to do after killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel?
he plotted to divide the U.S
List four reasons why Thomas Jefferson's embargo failed.
he underestimated the determination of the british, britain produced a bumper grain crop, Latin america opened its ports fr commerce, he miscalculated the difficulty of enforcing it
As chief justice of the United States, what did John Marshall do concerning Hamilton's programs?
helped to ensure that the political and economic systems were based on a strong central gov't
By what was Thomas Jefferson's presidency characterized?
his moderation in the administration of public policy
What was the significance of the Chesapeake incident?
involved the fragnant use of impressments
Why did Thomas Jefferson and his followers oppose John Adams's last-minute appointment of new federal judges?
it was an attempt by a defeat party to entrench itself in the gov't
What was the significance of Thomas Jefferson's failed attempt to impeach and convict Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase for "high crimes and misdemeanors"?
judicial independence and the separation of powers had been preserved
What was the British policy of impressments?
king of forced enlistments
As president, what did Thomas Jefferson do when it came to the major Federalist economic programs?
left practically all of them intact
In what way might one consider Thomas Jefferson's "Revolution of 1800" remarkable?
marked the peaceful and orderly transfer
Before he became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Marshall's service at Valley Forge during the American Revolution convinced him of what concerning a central government?
of the drawbacks of the feeble central authority
What was Macon's Bill No. 2?
permitted trade with all nations but promised that if either Britain or france lifted its commercial restrictions on American trade, the U.S would stop trading with the other
What did Tecumseh argue regarding the ceding of control of land?
should not cede control of land to whites unless all indians agreed
What did President Jefferson's foreign policy of economic coercion result in for the US?
stimulated factoring in the U.S
List four ways in which the Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans presented themselves.
strict constuctionists, protectors of agrarian purity, believer of polotical and economic liberty, strong supporters of states' rights
What was one of the first lessons learned by the Jeffersonians after their victory in the 1800 presidential election?
that it is easier to condemn from the stump than to govern consistently
What was the result of the battle of Tippecanoe?
the death of a dream of an indian confederacy
On becoming president, what tax did Thomas Jefferson and the Republicans in Congress immediately repeal?
the excess tax on whiskey
When was the legal precedent for judicial review established?
the supreme court declared the judiciary act of 1789 unconstitutional
By 1810, from what group did the most insistent demand for a declaration of war against Britain come?
the west and south
. List four elements for which Thomas Jefferson saw his election and his mission as president
to return to the original spirit of the revolution, restore the Republican experiment, halt the decay of virtue
What was Thomas Jefferson's first major foreign-policy decision?
to send a naval squadron to the Mediterranean
As president, how did Thomas Jefferson's stand on several political issues that he had previously championed change?
was reversed
What did President James Madison do that made for a major foreign-policy mistake?
when he accapted Napoleons promise to recognize american rights
When did Thomas Jefferson cease his opposition to the expansion of the navy?
when the Pasha of Tripoli declared war on the U.S
List four reasons the war hawks demanded war with Britain.
wiped out renewed indian resistance, defend american rights, gain more territory, revenge the manhandling of american sailors
Who was the chief justice who carried out, more than any other federal official, the ideas of Alexander Hamilton concerning a powerful federal government?
John Marshall
Arrange these events in chronological order: Louisiana Purchase, Chesapeake incident, Burr's trial for treason, Embargo Act.
Louisiana Purchase, Burrs trial for treason, Chesapeake incident, Embargo Act
What case involved the question of who had the right to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional?
Marbary v Madison
Jefferson had authorized American negotiators to purchase only ____________________ from France.
New orleans and the floridas
Why did Thomas Jefferson win the state of New York in the 1800 election?
Aaron Burr used his influence to turn the state to Jefferson
What was one of the greatest problems that John Adams and the Federalists faced in the election of 1800?
Adam's refusal to take the country to war against France
List four things of which, in the election of 1800, the Federalists accused Thomas Jefferson
Having robbed a widow, having fathered numerous mulatto children by his own slave women, being an atheist, having robbed children of their trust funds
In 1800, by what group was Thomas Jefferson chosen president?
House of Representatives
