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Adams Jefferson War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were the 4 changes during Jefferson's presidency? | Election 1800, western expansion, changes in federal power (less government but more power for the courts), changes in foreign policy. |
| After the election of 1800, who controlled the 3 branches? | Dem-Rep controlled the president and congress Federalists controlled the courts |
| Who was the Supreme Court Chief Justice who ruled in Marbury v. Madison? | John Marshall |
| What was established in Marbury v. Madison? | Judicial Review |
| Who sold America the Louisiana Territory? | France (Napoleon) |
| Who did we fight with in our first war during Jefferson's presidency? | Barbary Pirates |
| How did Jefferson react to the impressment of sailors? | Embargo Act of 1807 |
| Describe the route of Lewis and Clark on their way west. | Up the Missouri, across the continental divide through Idaho on horseback, down the Columbia to the Pacific. |
| What instructions were given to Lewis and Clark? | Find the Northwest passage, make friends with Native Americans, Map territory, collect scientific samples |
| Who was the Second President of the United States? | John Adams |
| The XYZ affair worsened relationships with what country? | France |
| What were the Alien and Sedition acts? | Laws passed by Federalists limiting rights of immigrants and making it illegal to criticize the government |
| Who wrote the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions? | James Madison and Thomas Jefferson |
| What was happening in phase 1 of the War of 1812? | Britain was at war with Napoleon |
| What was the Hartford Convention? | When Federalist businessmen met in Hartford Conn. and threatened to secede if the US didn't make peace with Britain |
| What happened at the Battle of Thames | Tecumseh was killed |
| During which battle was the Star Spangled Banner written? | Battle of Fort McHenry (Baltimore) |
| What were warhawks | Congressmen from the South and West who encouraged war with the British in 1812 |
| What were the results of the war of 1812? | Treaty of Ghent, no land won or lost, New heroes, Nationalism, Industrial revolution to America |
| What happened at the Battle of New Orleans? | Americans won decisive victory but after war was over. |
| Define Impressment | kidnapping sailors, done by British 1803-1812 |
| Define Judicial Review | the power of the courts to declare acts or laws unconstitutional |
| What did the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions say? | states could nullify federal law if they thought it was unconstitutional |
| What was happening in phase 2 of the War of 1812? | Britain had defeated Napoleon and could focus on fighting the US |
| Who were the heroes that emerge from the War of 1812? | Oliver Hazard Perry, William Henry Harrison, Andrew Jackson |
| Who were the main warhawks? | Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, William Henry Harrison, Andrew Jackson |