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Jefferson-Jackson
Jefferson-Jackson Test Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What caused Adams to lose the election of 1800? | Adams did not declare war on the French causing the Federalist Party to split. Their electoral votes split allowing Jefferson to win the election. |
| Explain the significance of the court case Marbury v Madison. | It established Judicial Review (the first time the judicial branch ruled an act of congress unconstitutional) |
| Why did Thomas Jefferson want to gain control of the city of New Orleans? | As president, Thomas Jefferson wanted to gain control of New Orleans to guarantee the right to import and export American goods along the Mississippi River |
| What is the immediate impact of the LA Purchase? | Increasing the size of the United States (expanding the borders of the U. S.) |
| The LA Purchase was a deal made between what U.S. president and what foreign country? | President Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon of France |
| What was the primary mission of Lewis and Clark while exploring the LA Territory? Find | Find a water route to the pacific ocean and bring back written information about the land west of the Mississippi River |
| Explain the significance of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. | Lewis and Clark returned with vital information of the northwest, thus encouraging American western settlement. |
| What is impressment, and how did it cause the War of 1812? Impressment | Impressment caused the War of 1812 due to the British kidnapping American merchant sailors and forcing them into the British Navy. |
| What group in congress wanted to declare war on Britain and why? | War Hawks; the British were arming and paying Native Americans to attack American settlers |
| The Star-Spangled Banner is a poem about what battle during the War of 1812? | Battle of Baltimore |
| Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner? | Sir Francis Scott Key |
| What battle made Andrew Jackson a national hero and, eventually, helped him win the presidency? | The Battle of New Orleans |
| What treaty ended the War of 1812? | The Treaty of Ghent |
| What did the people of New Orleans do to honor Andrew Jackson? | Erected a statue of him in the French Quarter and named the square “Jackson Square.” |
| Who was allowed to vote in the United States before Andrew Jackson became president? | White men who owned property (property owners were tax payers) |
| What does the phrase “Jacksonian Democracy” refer to? | The expansion of voting rights to more white men that did not own property (factory workers) |
| Why did Congress pass the Indian Removal Act? | Gold was discovered on the Cherokee lands in north Georgia |
| What is the Indian Removal Act also known as? | The Trail of Tears |
| Explain what the Spoils System and the phrase, “To the victor goes the spoils” refers to. | Andrew Jackson replacing federal workers with his hand-picked favorites. He felt he had the right to do this, because he won the election. |
| What angered South Carolina and led to the Nullification Crisis? | A tariff on British textiles (cloth) which resulted in the British buying less cotton from the south and raising prices on textiles in the U. S. |
| Explain the purpose of South Carolina declaring the tariff null and void. | South Carolina proclaimed the tariff was unconstitutional, therefore, their state did not recognize the law and refused to pay it |
| What is the significance of South Carolina declaring a federal law null and void? | They are questioning “national supremacy” (the authority of the federal government) (this could have started a civil war) |
| How did Jackson respond to the Nullification Crisis? | He wanted to use federal troops to ensure laws passed by the federal congress enforced in all states. |
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