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Early Pres. Tes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the Embargo Act? | Banned all trade with other nations |
| What countries did the Embargo Act affect? | ALL Countries |
| What is the 12th amendment ? | Ensured that the President & Vice President would be on separate ballots so that you wouldn’t have a candidate running for VP almost become President in the election |
| Who were the candidates involved in the election of 1800? | John Adams & Charles Pinckney Federalist THomas Jefferson & Aaron Burr Democratic Republicans |
| What was the process to pick the President after the Electoral College ended in a tie? | House of Representatives decides the Election |
| What were Lewis and Clark’s main goals? | To explore the new territory to see exactly what we bought and also to find an all water route to the Pacific Ocean |
| Define impressment? | Forcing sailors into the navy |
| Why did France decide to sell the Louisiana territory to the United States? | Needed money to fight Great Britain & Losing the island of Santo Domingo in a slave rebellion |
| How much did the purchase cost? | 15 million |
| what did it do for the size of the US? | doubled the size of the USA |
| The purchase gave access to what major body of water? | Mississippi River |
| What event in history established judicial review? | Marbury v. Madison |
| Why is judicial review important? | Established the purpose of the Judicial Branch as an equal to the other 2 branches |
| What is judicial review? | the right of the Supreme Court to determine if a law violates the Constitution |
| Who won the Election of 1800? | Thomas Jefferson |
| Where is the nation’s capital? | Washington D.C. |
| The cabinet is part of which branch of government? | Executive Branch |
| Who makes up the cabinet? | Pres, VP, & dept heads (Dept of State, Treasury, & War) |
| What do members of the cabinet do? | Advise the President |
| What are the Bill of Rights? | 1st 10 amendments of the Constitution protected individual rights |
| What issue does Pickney’s Treaty address? | Access to Mississippi River Spain & USA |
| What issue does Jay’s Treaty address? | USA & GB Britain messing with our ships |
| What were the Barbary pirates asking people for? | Demanded tribute (money) for safe passage |
| Why did the Whiskey Rebellion begin, and what ended up happening during the rebellion? | Farmers in Pennsylvania were angry about the tax on whiskey George Washington responded with bring the army to defeat them. |
| During whose Presidency did the XYZ Affair occur? | John Adams |
| What reason did XYZ Affair begin in the United States? | France was attacking US ships |
| What is outlined in the Alien Act? | Allowed the president to imprison aliens or send those he considered dangerous out of the country |
| What is outlined in the Sedition Act? | Made it a crime to speak, write , or publish “false, scandalous, and malicious” criticism of the government. |
| What did George Washington say about political parties in his farewell address? | he warned that they would divide the nation |
| What did George Washington say about foreign policy in his farewell address? | he warned that getting involved in Foreign Nations affairs would hurt the country |
| Foreign | dealing with another country |
| domestic | happening inside our country |
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