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| 525725684 | Federalist and Republican Mudslingers | Thomas Jefferson became the victim of one of America's first "whispering campaigns." The Federalists accused him of having an affair with one of his slaves. | |
| 525725685 | Who pardoned the prisoners of the Sedition Act? | Jefferson | |
| 525725686 | Albert Gallatin- Secretary of Treasury to Jefferson | believed that a national debt wasn't a blessing; he reduced the national debt with a strict economy. | |
| 525725687 | Judiciary Act of 1801 | passed by the expiring Federalist Congress; created 16 new federal judgeships and other judicial offices. | |
| 525725688 | Who repealed the Act of 1801? | The new Republican-Democratic Congress quickly repealed the act and kicked out the 16 newly seated judges. | |
| 525725689 | What Federalist judge was not removed by the new Republican-Democratic Congress? | Chief Justice John Marshall | |
| 525725690 | Who shaped the American legal tradition more than any other person? | Chief Justice John Marshall | |
| 525725691 | How many years did Chief Justice John Marshall serve? | 34 years | |
| 525725692 | Who became the new Secretary of State? | James Madison | |
| 525725693 | What was the purpose of the Naturalization Law of 1802? | reduced the requirement of 14 years of residence to the previous 5 years | |
| 525725694 | Who did away with the excise tax? | Jefferson | |
| 525725695 | What was Marbury vs. Madison (1803)? | James Madison, the new secretary of state, had cut judge Marbury's salary; Marbury sued James Madison for his pay. | |
| 525725696 | How did the court rule in Marbury v Madison? | that Marbury had the right to his pay but, the court did not have the authority to force Madison to give Marbury his pay. | |
| 525725697 | Who was the court justice of whom the Democratic-Republican Congress tried to remove in retaliation of the John Marshall's decision regarding Marbury? | Samuel Chase | |
| 525725698 | Marbury v Madison showed that who had the final authority in determining the meaning of the Constitution. | the Supreme Court | |
| 525725699 | Jefferson, a Reluctant Warrior | Jefferson preferred to make the military smaller. Jefferson was forced to bend his thoughts of not using military force when the leader of Tripoli informally declared war on the United States. Jefferson sent the new navy to Tripoli and after 4 years of fighting, a deal was reached. The U.S. paid Tripoli $60,000 for the release of captured Americans. | |
| 525725700 | Who convinced the king of Spain to give Louisiana land area to France in 1800? | Napolean Bonaparte | |
| 525725701 | The Louisiana Godsend | Not wanting to fight Napoleon and France in western America, Jefferson sent James Monroe to join Robert Livingston in Paris in 1803 to buy as much land as he could for $10 million. | |
| 525725702 | What were the two reasons that Napoleon decided to sell all of Louisiana and abandon his dream of a New World Empire? | (1) failed in his efforts to re-conquer the island of Santo Domingo, for which Louisiana was to serve as a source of foodstuffs. (2) Because Britain controlled the seas, he didn't want Britain to take over Louisiana. He wanted the money from the Americans. He also hoped it would help to thwart the ambitions of the British king in the New World. | |
| 525725703 | Who, along with James Monroe signed a treaty on April 30, 1803 ceding Louisiana to the United States for $15 million. | Robert Livingston | |
| 525725704 | Who did Jefferson send to explore the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase | his personal secretary, Meriwether Lewis, and William Clark | |
| 525725705 | Who was Jefferson's first-term vice president? | Aaron Burr | |
| 525725706 | After being dropped from Jefferson's cabinet, who did Aaron Burr join who plotted the secession of New England and New York | a group of extremist Federalists | |
| 525725707 | Who uncovered the plot of secession of New England and New York | Alexander Hamilton | |
| 525725708 | Who challenged the duel between Burr and Hamilton? | Aaron Burr | |
| 525725709 | Who shot first? | It is stated that Hamilton refused to shoot and he was shot and killed by Burr | |
| 525725710 | Who made an allegiance with Burr to separate the western part of the United States from the East and expand their new confederacy with invasions of Spanish-controlled Mexico and Florida? | General James Wilkinson- the corrupt military governor of Louisiana Territory | |
| 525725711 | Who betrayed General Wilkinson when he learned that Jefferson knew of the plot to separate the Western part of the United States from the East? | Aaron Burr | |
| 525725712 | Who acquitted Burr of charges of treason? | Chief Justice John Marshall | |
| 525725713 | Where did Burr flea to after being acquitted of treason? | Europe | |
| 525725714 | Who was reelected as President in 1804? | Jefferson, capturing 162 electoral votes, while his Federalist opponent only received 14 votes. | |
| 525725715 | Who was Jefferson's opponent for Presidency in 1804? | Federalist Charles Pinckney | |
| 525725716 | Who was the power of the seas? | England | |
| 525725717 | Who was the power of the land? | France | |
| 525725718 | Who issued a series of Orders in Council in 1806? | England | |
| 525725719 | What did the Orders in Council do? | England closed the European ports under French control to foreign shipping. | |
| 525725720 | What did the French do in response to England closing the European ports under French control? | The French ordered the seizure of all merchant ships that entered British ports. | |
| 525725721 | Who passed the Embargo Act? | Jefferson | |
| 525725722 | When was the Embargo Act passed? | 1807 | |
| 525725723 | What was the Embargo Act? | It banned the exportation of any goods to any countries. | |
| 525725724 | Why did Jefferson pass the Embargo Act? | With the act, Jefferson planned to force France and England, who both depended on American trade, to respect America and its citizens, who had been killed and captured by both countries. | |
| 525725725 | Who did the Embargo hurt? | The embargo significantly hurt the profits of U.S. merchants and was consequently hated by Americans. | |
| 525725726 | When was the Embargo Act repealed? | 1809 | |
| 525725727 | What substitute act was enacted after the Embargo Act was repealed? | The Non-Intercourse Act | |
| 525725728 | What did the Non-Intercourse Act do? | It opened up trade to every country except France and Britain. | |
| 525725729 | Why did the Non-Intercourse Act fail? | because Jefferson overestimated the dependence of the 2 countries on America's trade. Britain and France were not as reliant on America as Jefferson had hoped. Britain was able to trade with the Latin American republics and France had enough land in Europe to support itself. | |
| 525725730 | Who became president on March 4, 1809 | James Madison | |
| 525725731 | What did Macon's Bill No. 2 do? | It reopened American trade with the entire world. | |
| 525725732 | Who issued Macon's Bill No. 2? | Congress | |
| 525725733 | Why did Madison reenact the United States's trade embargo, but this time against Britain? | Napoleon convinced James Madison to give Britain 3 months to lift its Orders in Council. Madison did, but Britain chose not to lift its Orders in Council | |
| 525725734 | What led to the War of 1812? | Macon's Bill No. 2 | |
| 525725735 | Why did the Twelfth Congress meet in 1811? | they wanted to go to war with the British and wanted to eliminate the Indian threats to pioneers. | |
| 525725736 | Who unified many Indian tribes in a last ditch battle with the settlers and allied with the British. | Tenskwatawa- "the Prophet" and Shawnee | |
| 525725737 | Who defeated the Shawnee at the Battle of Tippecanoe? | William Henry Harrison- governor of the Indiana territory | |
| 525725738 | On what date did Madison asked Congress to declare war on the British and it agreed? | June 1, 1812 | |
| 525725739 | Who support the War of 1812 | The Democratic-Republicans | |
| 525725740 | What did The Democratic-Repulicans feel about the United States? | The "war hawks" felt that the country had to assert American rights to the world. | |
| 525725741 | Who wanted to invade Canada, the Indians' stronghold, because the Indians were being armed by the British to attack the settlers. | The Democratic-Republicans | |
| 525725742 | Who was opposed to the War of 1812 and why? | The Federalists because they supported Britain. | |
| 525725743 | Was the Democratic-Republican Congress able to remove court justice Samuel Chase? | No, they did not have enough votes in the Senate. | |
| 525725744 | The Americans signed 3 treaties and gotten much land to the west of the Mississippi. How much did they pay for 820,000 square miles? | 3 cents |
