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Jefferson Test
This is the Jefferson Test on Tuesday.
Question | Answer |
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What happened during the Election of 1800? | Jefferson and Burr had 73 electoral votes, but Hamilton convinced more federalist to vote Jefferson. |
What are midnight appointments? | An appointment to a political office made during the last hours of the term of office. |
What is Judicial Review? | A review by the U.S. Supreme court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act. Established in a Supreme Court case. (Marybury v Madison) |
What happened at the Lewis and Clark Expedition? | They acquired scientific and geographical knowledge and information about Native American life while trying to find the Northwest Passage and a direct water route to the Pacific Ocean. |
What did Jefferson have to face with when acquiring the Louisiana Territory? | He was just really unsure about the situation, and was thinking if he had power to buy land from Napoleon for $15 Mil, but if offered to expand westward, and the land of self-sufficient farmers. |
What impact did Sacajawea have on the Lewis and Clark Expedition? | She had a great impact because she knew her way around the block, and was good with translating and guiding the expedition, and making fellow native friends along the way. |
What happened in the Election of 1804 that changed for the better than the Election of 1800? | What happened was that whoever got more electoral votes would become President while the one with the 2nd most votes would become Vice President. |
What happened between the duel with Burr and Hamilton? | With Burr salty with the outcome of the election of Jefferson, he knew what Hamilton did with the federalist helped voting for him, he challenged him to a duel, then later died. |
What was the purpose of the Zebulon Pike's Expedition? | to explore the southern region of the Louisiana Territory and locate water sources of Arkansas and Red Rivers. |
What important thing happened in the Embargo Act of 1807 | Jefferson remained neutral and asked Brits for an apology, but they refused. |