US History Chapters 11
The chief justice who carried out, more than any other federal official, the ideas of Alexander Hamilton concerning a powerful federal government
John Marshall
Jefferson had authorized American negotiators to purchase only ________ from France.
New Orleans and the Floridas
Lewis and Clark demonstrated the viability of
an overload trail to the Pacific
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 distrusted large standing armies because they
could be used to establish a dictatorship
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
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
When it came to the major Federalists economic programs, Thomas Jefferson as president
left practically all of them intact
Thomas Jefferson's presidency was characterized by his
moderation in the administration of public policy
Thomas Jefferson's first major foreign-policy decision to
send a naval squadron to the Mediterranean
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
In 1812, James Madison turned to war
to restore confidence in the republican experiment
The Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans presented themselves as all of the following except
believers in a strong central government
To deal with British and French violations of American's neutrality, Thomas Jefferson
enacted an economic embargo
Thomas Jefferson sent two envoys to France in 1803 with the essential goal of
purchasing New Orleans to make it secure for American shippers
Thomas Jefferson was conscience-stricken about the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France because
he believed that the purchase was unconstitutional
Napoleon chose to sell Louisiana to the United States for all of the following reasons except
he was afraid that the Spanish might seize Louisiana in a new war
Though Jefferson's Revolution won the popular and electoral vote, a strange deadlock led to the election being decided
in 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
As a president, Thomas Jefferson's stand on several political issues that he had previously championed
was reversed