Age of
Jefferson
Trivia Day!
Trivia Rules
5
rounds
 DO NOT call out answers, each team
record individually
 10 points for each correct answer
 10 points for fastest time
 20 added if you get the shot in!
Round 1-Jefferson’s
Presidency
1.
2.
3.
4.
What party did Jefferson lead?
What economic idea did Jefferson
believe in?
What was the name of the landmark
Supreme Court case in 1803?
What is judicial review?
Round 1 Answers
1.
What party did Jefferson lead?
Answer: Republican Party
2.
What economic idea did Jefferson
believe in?
Answer: Laissez Faire
3.
What was the name of the landmark
Supreme Court case in 1803?
Answer: Marbury v. Madison
4.
What is judicial review?
Answer: Supreme Court’s power to decide if a
law passed by Congress is constitutional or
unconstitutional
Round 2- The Louisiana
Purchase
1.
2.
3.
4.
Who did Jefferson send to negotiate a
territory purchase with France?
Why did Napoleon sell the Louisiana
Territory?
Lewis and Clark were told to map a route to
what body of water?
On their journey, who did Lewis and Clark
recruit as a translator?
Round 2 Answers
1.
Who did Jefferson send to negotiate a territory
purchase with France?
Answer: Robert Livingston and James Monroe
2.
Why did Napoleon sell the Louisiana Territory?
Answer: He needed money for his wars in
Europe and he had lost Haiti
3.
Lewis and Clark were told to map a route to
what body of water?
Answer: Pacific Ocean
4.
On their journey, who did Lewis and Clark
recruit as a translator?
Answer: Sacagawea
Round 3- New Threats from
Overseas
1.
2.
3.
4.
What term describes the practice of
forcing people into service?
Who were the two countries that the
United States was trading with?
What act did Jefferson pass that banned
trade with all nations?
Who did this act hurt the most?
(Hint: Group of people, not a country)
Round 3 Answer
1.
What term means describes the practice of
forcing people into service?
Answer: Impressment
2.
Who were the two countries that the United States
was trading with?
Answer: Britain and France
3.
What act did Jefferson pass that banned trade
with all nations?
Answer: Embargo Act
4.
Who did this act hurt the most? (Hint: Group of
people, not a country)
Answer: New England Merchants
Round 4- The Road to War
1.
2.
3.
4.
Tecumseh attempted to organize Indian
nations into a ___________________, or league.
Why did the U.S.-Native American conflict
cause issues between the U.S. and Britain?
What were the members of Congress called
who wanted to go to war with the British?
Those who wished for war were driven by a
strong sense of ___________________, or
devotion to one’s country.
Round 4 Answers
1.
Tecumseh attempted to organize Indian nations
into a ___________________, or league.
Answer: Confederation
2.
Why did the U.S.-Native American conflict cause
issues between the U.S. and Britain?
Answer: The British were supplying the natives with
guns
3.
What were the members of Congress called who
wanted to go to war with the British?
Answer: War Hawks
4.
Those who wished for war were driven by a strong
sense of ___________________, or devotion to one’s
country.
Answer: Nationalism
Final Round- The War of 1812
1.
2.
3.
4.
Why was the United States unprepared for war?
Who was the captain that led the Americans to
victory at the Battle of Lake Erie?
Where was a major British victory during the
war? What happened there?
Which battle occurred after the war had ended
and a treaty had been signed in Europe?
Round 5 Answers
1.
Why was the United States unprepared for war?
Answer: Jefferson had reduced spending on the
army/navy
2.
Who was the captain that led the Americans to
victory at the Battle of Lake Erie?
Answer: Captain Oliver Hazard Perry
3.
Where was a major British victory during the
war? What happened there?
Answer: Washington, D.C. got burned to the
ground
4.
Which battle occurred after the war had ended
and a treaty had been signed in Europe?
Answer: Battle of New Orleans