Name: _________________________________ Period:________ Unit 3
CHAPTER 8: Jeffersonianism and the Era of Good Feelings, 1801-1824
I. TRUE OR FALSE: Mark the following true or false – if the statement is false, correct it to
make it true.
1. ____Jefferson’s election in 1800 was the first time national leadership shifted from one
party to another.
2. __F__The 13th Amendment to the Constitution was added in response to problems with
procedures in the Electoral College.
3. ____Jefferson worked to pay off the national debt by cutting spending for the military.
4. ____In Marbury v. Madison (1803), the Supreme Court affirmed its own power of
judicial review, the ability of the court to determine the constitutionality of laws.
5. ____One of Jefferson’s first major foreign policy decision was to send a naval squadron
to the Mediterranean in a war against pirates.
6. __F__President Jefferson sent James Monroe and Robert Livingston to France with
instructions to purchase all of the Louisiana Territory.
7. __F__Jefferson applied a strict interpretation of the Constitution in regard to Louisiana.
8. __F__Madison authorized the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
9. __F__While a case of treason against Aaron Burr was found “not proved” he was still
held on charges of murdering Hamilton and subsequently executed.
10. __F__Jefferson’s Embargo Act convinced the British to respect U.S. neutrality.
11. __F__New Englanders were strongly in favor of the Embargo Act.
12. ____An unintended benefit of Jefferson’s embargo was an increase in American
manufacturing.
13. __F__The “War Hawks” were New Englanders who pressured Madison to declare war
with Britain.
14. ____Expansionist Westerners hoped that a war with Britain in 1812 would result in the
annexation of Canada by the U.S.
15. __F__ In the Treaty of Ghent which ended the War of 1812, the British finally agreed to
stop the impressments of American sailors.
16. ____The majority of delegates at the Hartford Convention rejected calls for the secession
of New England from the United States.
17. ____Henry Clay’s “American System” was primarily intended to promote the selfsufficiency of the U.S.
18. __F__One important result of the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was that slavery was
banned in all states north of 36° 30’, regardless of their previous status on slavery
NAME _________________________ PERIOD: _______________ UNIT 3
CHAPTER 8: Jeffersonianism and the Era of Good Feelings, 1801-1824
II. IDENTIFICATION: Supply the correct identification for each item.
1. Jefferson’s first Vice President. He was dropped in favor of George Clinton in
Jefferson’s second election. ____Aaron Burr__________
2. This man sued Secretary of State Madison in order claim to his commission as a federal
judge as promised by President Adams. ____William Marbury________
3. The law declared unconstitutional by John Marshall in the Marbury v. Madison decision.
_____Judiciary Act of 1789____________
4. Jefferson sent the military to fight these North Africans who were demanding money to
leave U.S. ships alone in the Mediterranean. ____Barbary (Tripolitan) Pirates_______
5. The Indian woman who served as guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark
Expedition. ___Sacagawea_________
6. This group of New England Federalists plotted to secede from the Union. __High
Federalists__________
7. These breakaway Republicans were led by John Randolph of Virginia.
______Quids________
8. This was Napoleon’s plan to isolate Great Britain. It threatened seizure of American ships
that complied with British regulation on trade. _____Continental Plan_______
9. The American ship fired on by the British in 1807, nearly triggering war with Great
Britain. _____Chesapeake_________
10. President Jefferson’s alternative to war in 1807. It ultimately led to New England
becoming the industrial center of America. ____Embargo of 1807_________
11. William Henry Harrison defeated the Prophet at this famous battle. ____Tippecanoe____
12. With the Treaty of Ghent, the British agreed to end the hostilities and reestablish this.
_Status Quo Antebellum____
13. He gained fame as the hero of the Battle of New Orleans. __Andrew Jackson____
14. Federalists called this meeting partly in protest of the War of 1812. _Hartford Conv___
15. The Supreme Court decision that declared that states could not cancel or alter contracts
without the consent of both parties. __Dartmouth v Woodward_____
16. The main significance of McCulloch v. Maryland was that it affirmed the
constitutionality of ___2nd Bank of US_______, thereby legitimizing the doctrine of
implied powers of Congress.
17. This treaty was also known as the Adams-Onis Treaty. It granted Florida to the U.S. in
return for the abandonment of U.S. claims to Texas. ___Transcontinental Treaty______
18. This presidential pronouncement forbade Europeans from establishing new colonies in
the Western Hemisphere. ___Monroe Doctrine______