Chapter 6 Section 1 Assessment

How did the Supreme Court’s ruling in Marbury v. Madison (1803) change the government?

• A. It expanded the efforts to control the executive branch.
• B. It gave states the right to reverse federal laws.
• C. It removed constitutional limits on congressional power.
• D. It shifted the balance of power in favor of the judicial branch.

Which goal did President Thomas Jefferson want to achieve?

• A. granting voting rights to all adult citizens
• B. promoting the nation’s agricultural economy
• C. expanding the nation’s territory to the Pacific coast
• D. making the United States a major military power

What impact did the Louisiana Purchase have on the United States?

• A. It decreased international tensions.
• B. It doubled the size of the nation’s territory.
• C. It gave the United States control of all of North America.
• D. It created an alliance between the United States and France.

The return journey to St. Louis took much more time than the trip to the Pacific Ocean.

• True
• False

The French Louisiana Territory included the port city of New Orleans and roughly the entire Great Plains region from the western shore of the Mississippi River to the base of the Rocky Mountains.

• True
• False

Lewis and Clark were each given 1,600 acres of land as a reward for their work.

• True
• False

Thomas Jefferson became president after a long and bitter presidential race, and he had a plan for changes in the government.

• True
• False

Jefferson wanted the United States to stay a mainly farm-based country.

• True
• False

During his presidency, Jefferson lowered the national debt by $23 million.

• True
• False

Which was a result of the Louisiana Purchase?

• A. It spread slavery to a large new territory.
• B. It increased the number of states in the Union.
• C. It transferred territory from France to the United States.
• D. It created an alliance between Spain and the United States.