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Ch 8-9 Quiz
HISTORY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what was the significance of the second election | it ended in a tie |
| how was a tie decided for presidency | the house of representatives |
| who influenced the house of representatives | alexander hamilton |
| who was adam's vice president | thomas jefferson |
| what was unique about admas and jeffersons being the president and the vice president | they represent two different parties |
| who won the election of 1796 | john adams |
| what is the alien act | gave the president the power to imprison or deport any foreign believed to be dangerous to US |
| what is the sedition act | made it a crime to criticize the government or the war |
| what was the quasi war a result of | the XYZ affair |
| what kind of war was the quasi war | undeclared naval war in carribbean |
| what was the XYZ affair | US sent negotiating team to France and French refused to pay, the agents were known as XYZ |
| why did marbury sue jefferson | he felt he was unrightly fired from his job |
| what was the background to louisiana purchase | US sent negotiators to France to get money to buy Louisiana |
| how much money did the US get from France | they got two million and bought it for 15 million |
| what was Jefferson's problem with buying LA | was unconstitutional and took to long to amend the constitution |
| what was the significance of the LA purchase | doubled size of america and was also Thomas Jefferson's first foreign achievement |