Chapter 10 Pretest

Who got the most electoral votes in the Election of 1800?

• Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr

• John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

Who ended up choosing the president in the Election of 1800?

• The People

• The Electoral College

• The House of Representatives

• The Senate

Before 1804, how would you become the Vice President?

• Run as Vice President

• Come second in the Presidential election

• Congress

• Your party nominates you

What Amendment was passed after the Election of 1800 to ensure ties would not happen again?

• 12th Amendment

• 10th Amendment

• 11th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

How was the election of 1804 different from the election of 1800?

• The President and Vice President ran separately

• There was a third political party

• The President picked the Vice President after voting

• The party picked the Vice President if their President won

Why did Jefferson(and the U.S.) care so much about New Orleans?

• Because it was used as a shipping port by western settlers and access to it was being cut off

• Because he felt that it should have been theirs from the Treaty of Paris 1783

• Because he liked to vacation there with his family

• Because it would make France lose land and Britain would win that war

How did the French gain the Louisiana Territory?

• Through a secret deal with Spain

• Through beating Spain in a war

• They always had it

• They bought it from Natives

Jefferson originally approved $2,000,000 for his diplomats to purchase​ (a)   and ​ (b)   from the French.

• New Orleans
• New Florida
• Louisiana Territory
• Haiti
• Missouri
• Mississippi River
• The Gulf of Mexico

Napoleon planned to build an Empire and control the world. What stopped his plan in the Americas?

• A slave rebellion in Haiti

• A losing war with Britain

• France's Navy getting destroyed by a hurricane

• America lacking resources like Iron or Gunpowder

The Louisiana Territory was bought for about 3.5￠ per acre. This totaled to about...

• $10,000,000

• $15,000,000

• $20,000,000

• $100