The American Pagent (chapter 11)

Derogatory Republican tern for Federalist judges appointed at the last minute by President Adams

midnight judges

Price paid by the United States for the Louisiana Purchase

$15 million

Jefferson's Embargo Act provided that

America would prohibit all foreign trade.

American ship fired on by the British in 1807, nearly leading to war between the two countries

Chesapeake

Jefferson's policy of forbidding the shipment of any goods in or out of the United States

Embargo Act

Jefferson's deepest doubt about the Louisiana Purchase was that the price of $15 million was too high.

False; Jefferson's deepest doubt about the Louisiana Purchase was that it was unconstitutional to buy the land.

The "Revolution of 1800" involved a radical transfer of power from the Federalist merchant class to farmers and urban artisans and craftsmen.

False; The "Revolution of 1800" involved a transfer of power from the Federalist merchant class to farmers and urban artisans and craftsmen.

The Jefferson Republicans showed their hospitality to the Federalist Supreme Court by trying to impeach Chief Justice John Marshall.

False; The Jefferson Republicans showed their hospitality to the Federalist Supreme Court by trying to impeach Chief Justice Samuel Chase.

The War of 1812 was promoted largely by New Englanders angry over British violation of American freedom of the seas.

False; The War of 1812 was promoted largely by southerners and westerners (strong war hawks) angry over British violation of American freedom of the seas.

The case of Marbury v. Madison established the principle that the president could appoint but not remove Supreme Court justices.

False; The case of Marbury v. Madison established the principle of the traditional review.

The term "midnight judges" refers to

Federalist judges appointed by President John Adams at the last moments of his administration.

The principle, established by Chief Justice Marshall in a famous case, that the Supreme Court can declare laws unconstitutional

Judicial review

Derisive Federalist name for the War of 1812 that blamed it on the Republican president

Madison's war

Precedent-setting Supreme Court case in which Marshall declared part of the Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional

Marbury v. Madison

Territory beyond Louisiana, along the Columbia River, explored by Lewis and Clark

Oregon Country

Sugar-rich island where Toussaint L'Ouverture's slave rebellion disrupted Napoleon's dreams of a vast New World empire

Santo Domingo

The greatest political beneficiary of the Louisiana Purchase was

Thomas Jefferson

Battle in 1811 where General Harrison defeated the Indian forces under Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa (the Prophet)

Tippecanoe

Most Indian military resistance east of the Mississippi River was effectively crushed in the two battles of

Tippecanoe and Horseshoe Bend.

Aaron Burr's various conspiracies to break apart the United States demonstrated the fragility of the American government's control of the trans-Appalachian West.

True

After the Chesapeake affair, Jefferson could easily have declared was on Britain with the enthusiastic support of both Federalist and Republicans.

True

An unexpected deadlock with Aaron Burr meant that Jefferson had to be elected by the House of Representatives.

True

Jefferson and his Treasury Secretary, Albert Gallatin, kept in place most of the Federalist financial policies.

True

Jefferson cut the size of the United States Army to twenty-five hundred men because he believed that a large standing army was a threat to liberty and economy.

True

Jefferson's embargo badly hurt southern and western farmers as well as Federalist New England.

True

Jefferson's envoys to Paris initially intended to buy only New Orleans and the immediate vicinity.

True

New Englanders overcame the effects of the embargo by conducting illegal trade with Canada and developing more domestic manufacturing.

True

The Lewis and Clark expedition demonstrated the viability of an overland American route to the Pacific.

True

The most explosive issue between Britain and the United States was the British blockade of American shipments to Europe.

True

Jefferson focused his military construction policy primarily on

building several hundred small gunboats.

Action voted by the House of Representatives against Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase

impeachment

The republicans' failure to impeach Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase established the principle that

impeachment should be used only for "high crimes and misdemeanors" and not as a political weapon.

Besides creating a pan-Indian military alliance against expansion, Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa (the Prophet) urged American Indians to

resist white ways and revive their traditional culture.

Although greatly weakened after Jefferson's election, the Federalist party's philosophy continued to have great influence through

the Federalist judicial rulings of John Marshall.

The case of Marbury v. Madison established the principle that

the Supreme Court has the right to determine the constitutionality of legislation.

A crucial foreign policy goal for many "war hawks" in the War of 1812 was

the capture and annexation of Canada.

One Federalist policy that Jefferson quickly overturned was

the excise tax.

The most "revolutionary" development in the critical election of 1800 was

the peaceful transition of power from one political party to its opponent.

Jefferson was forced to reverse his strong opposition to substantial military forces because of

the plunder and blackmailing of American shipping by North African states.

Which of the following was not among the consequences of the Louisiana Purchase?

the weakening of the power of the presidency in foreign affairs.

Military nationalistic western congressmen eager for hostilities with the Indians, Canadians, and British

war hawks

Jefferson's greatest concern in purchasing Louisiana was

whether the purchase was permissible under the Constitution.

Hamiltonian economic measure repealed by Jefferson and Gallatin

excise tax

Branch of military service that Jefferson considered least threatening to liberty and most necessary to suppressing the Barbary states

navy

Action Jefferson took toward Republican "martyrs" convicted under the Federalist Sedition Law

pardoned