The Age of Jefferson
1) Briefly describe Marbury V. Madison. What precedent did this case set?
2) Briefly describe the events leading to the Louisiana Purchase. What role did a slave revolt in French Saint Domingue (later Haiti)
play? Could Jefferson be considered hypocritical in approving this purchase?
3) Who were Lewis and Clark?
4) How did Alexander Hamilton's life end?
5) What was the "Burr Conspiracy"?
6) What was the Embargo Act? Why did Jefferson request it? How well did it work?
7) Who won the presidential election of 1808?
8) Why did the United States declare war on Great Britain in June of 1812?
9) Who were Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa?
10) Who were the "War Hawks"?
11) Who was Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry?
12) Identify and discuss the historical significance of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
13) In 1814, the British capture Washington D.C. and burned many government buildings including the Capitol and the White House.
Why did they fail to capture Baltimore? What famous song comes from a poem written by a witness to this battle?
14) Why was the Battle of New Orleans fought after the War of 1812 was ended by the Treaty of Ghent? Was the American victory
important or meaningless?
15) Briefly describe the Hartford Convention.
16) The last paragraph talks about "one of the strangest results" of the War of 1812. What is this strange result?
17) Why was Madison willing to support the creation of a second Bank of the United States when he had been totally opposed to the
creation of the first one?
18) What was the purpose of the Tariff of 1816? Describe its supporters and opponents.
19) Identify and explain the historic significance of the Cumberland Road.
20) Why is Monroe's first administration sometimes referred to as the "Era of Good Feelings"?
21) Briefly describe the Rush-Bagot Agreement of 1817.
22) Briefly describe the Convention of 1818.
23) How did Florida become part of the United States?
24) What were the terms of the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 (Transcontinental Treaty)?
25) Identify and discuss the historical significance of the Missouri Compromise.
26) What important precedent did McCulloch V. Maryland set?
27) What important precedent did Gibbons V. Ogden set?
28) What was the Monroe Doctrine?
29) Describe the candidates for the election of 1824.
30) What was the "corrupt bargain"?