Chapter 10 Study Guide

1. The Judiciary Act of 1801 allowed President Adams to appoint many Federalists as judges before his term as president expired.

2. A person who takes an extreme position on a political issue is an example of a radical.

3. Marbury v. Madison established the Supreme Court's power of judicial review.

4. The Louisiana Purchase cost the United States $15 million, but it also doubled the size of the nation.

5. In 1806, Zebulon Pike left St. Louis and explored along the Arkansas River as far as the Rocky Mountains.

6. Sacagawea was a big help to the Lewis and Clark Expedition in dealing with the Native American peoples the group encountered because she could speak the Shoshone language.

7. The Lewis and Clark Expedition provided information about places previously unknown to Americans and proved conclusively that an all-water route across the continent did not exist.

8. To lead the exploration of the Louisiana Purchase, President Jefferson chose a young army officer named Meriwether Lewis.

9. The House of Representatives determined who would be president of the United States in the election of 1800?

10. Which leader sold land for money to pay for his wars? Napoleon

11. Sacagawea was a Native American who helped the Lewis Clark expedition explore the Louisiana Territory.

12. In the election of 1800 The House of Representatives selected Thomas Jefferson as the president.

13. Judicial review is when the Supreme Court interprets whether laws are constitutional.

14. Jefferson sent the Corps of Discovery into the Louisiana Territory to find out if there was an all-water route to the Pacific Ocean

15. U.S. farmers suffered from not being able to sell goods overseas due to the Embargo Act?

16. In the early 1800s, many Native Americans united under the Shawnee chief Tecumseh to fight for their land.

17. Hoping to avoid war, Congress passed the Embargo Act which cut off all American trade overseas.

18. Angered by British aid to Native Americans, Westerners called War Hawks urged Congress to declare war on Great Britain and to invade Canada.

19. One British practice that hurt trade and angered the United States was the impressment of American sailors to work on British ships.

20. The author of the poem that in 1931 became the national anthem of the United States was Francis Scott Key.

21. The Native American leader Tecumseh died while fighting for the British in the War of 1812 in the Battle of the Thames?

22. The American commander who won an important naval victory against a British force on Lake Erie was Oliver Hazard Perry.

23. The treaty that ended the War of 1812 was the Treaty of Ghent.

24. Who saved important items before the British burned the White House? Dolley Madison

25. James Madison was Jefferson's secretary of state and succeeded Jefferson as president.

26. At the start of the War of 1812 the U.S. military was small and poorly trained.

27. One of the results of the Embargo Act was U.S. farmers suffered from not being able to sell goods overseas.

28. The Battle of New Orleans made General Andrew Jackson a national hero.

29. The War of 1812 increased American patriotism.

30. One important legacy of the War of 1812 was the war encouraged the growth of U.S. manufacturing.

31. War of 1812 had two main phases.

32. The most important U.S. naval victory took place on Lake Erie, in 1813.

33. The commander of that victory was Commodore Perry.

34. After the battle, Perry sent a message to General Harrison: We have met the enemy and they are ours.”

35. Who was the first President of the United States? George Washington

36. Who was the Second President of the United States? John Adams

37. Who was the Third President of the United States? Thomas Jefferson

38. What was the first permanent English settlement in North America? Jamestown

39. The date of the Louisiana Purchase . 1803

40. The date the Declaration of independence was signed. 1776

41. Unalienable rights can be describes as rights that all people possess as human beings.

42. The economy of the South was a Plantation based economy.

43. Which was written first the Articles of Confederation or our Present Constitution? Articles of Confederation

44. One major geographic barrier to the westward expansion of the British Colonies was the Appalachian Mountains.

45. During the Colonial era the New England economy was based on Shipping and Whaling.

46. This idea supports government by the people Popular Sovereignty.

47. The Federalist Papers were a series of newspapers articles published in 1787 and 1778 to win support for the ratification of the United States Constitution.

48. The Congress is made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

49. Abigail Adams was a pioneer for women’s rights.

50. Who was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? John Jay