American Pageant Chapter 11
1.
What aspects of the Election of 1800 were revolutionary?
Federalist and Republican Mudslingers
2.
Give 2 examples of mudslinging in this election.
The Jeffersonian “Revolution of 1800”
3.
Which region helped Jefferson win (map on 214)?
4.
Which state decided and why?
5.
What was the issue that led to the House of Representatives becoming involved?
6.
Who was the last Federalist president of the US?
Responsibility Breeds Moderation
7.
In what ways did Jefferson reduce formality in the Executive branch?
8.
Why is Jefferson characterized as consistently inconsistent?
Jefferson Restraint
9.
To what extent did Jefferson reverse Federalists policies? Consider:
 Sedition Act martyrs -
 Alien Acts -
 taxes and debt -
 Bank of US -
The “Dead Clutch” of the Judiciary
10.
What was the Judiciary Act of 1801?
11.
What had the Federalists attempted to do to retain power?
12.
Who was John Marshall?
13.
What was decided in Marbury v. Madison?
Jefferson, a Reluctant Warrior
14.
What were Jefferson’s plans for a navy and how were they flawed?
The Louisiana Godsend
15.
Why was Jefferson eager to eliminate the French threat in the trans-Mississippi west?
16.
What did he hope to gain by buying Louisiana?
17.
What did he hope to avoid by buying Louisiana?
18.
How much did we pay for Louisiana and the surrounding territory?
19.
Why was the decision to purchase Louisiana so difficult for “the two Jeffersons?”

20.
How did he justify the decision?
Louisiana in the Long View
21.
What information did the Lewis & Clark Expedition yield?
The Aaron Burr Conspiracies
22.
What was the goal of Burr’s first Federalist plot?
23.
How was Hamilton killed?
24.
What was the plan in Burr’s second plot?
25.
How did John Marshall rule in Burr’s treason trial?
A Precarious Neutrality
26.
When the Napoleonic Wars became a “draw,” what did both sides begin doing to the
US?
27.
How was Britain violating our “freedom of the seas?”
28.
Describe the Chesapeake affair.
The Hated Embargo
29.
What was the original reasoning behind the Embargo Act of 1807?
30.
How did it backfire?
31.
What was the long-term affect of the Embargo on New England?
32.
Were the West and South hurt as well?
33.
What was the effect on the Federalist Party?
34.
What was the Non-Intercourse Act?
Madison’s Gamble
35.
Who was the president after Jefferson left office?
36.
What was Macon's Bill #2? Which nation was the first to accept the terms?
Tecumseh and the Prophet
37.
Which part of the nation made the strongest claims for war with Britain?
38.
What was the nickname given to the supporters of war with Britain?
39.
What were some of the other causes of the War of 1812?
40.
What were the names of the two Shawnee brothers who banned Indian tribes together?
41.
Who was William Henry Harrison?
42.
Describe the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Mr. Madison’s War
43.
Why did the war hawks chant “on to Canada, on to Canada”?
44.
How was the close vote in Congress to declare war both sectional and partisan?
45.
Why was the War of 1812 called “Mr. Madison’s War?”