Chapter 10 US History

According to the Twelfth Amendment, to prevent a tie between a presidential and vice-presidential candidate, the electors ____________.

• cast one vote for president and one for vice president

• choose the president and the Senate chooses the vice president

• appoint the person with the most popular votes president

• no longer choose the president

Jefferson believed that _____________.

• the federal government should be large and strong

• state governments would limit freedoms

• the only way to protect liberty was to let the people do whatever they wanted

• the federal government should be limited in size and power

How did Jefferson plan to raise money for the government?

• raising taxes and selling land

• collecting customs duties and internal taxes

• selling land and collecting customs duties

• raising taxes only

Which case established the principles of judicial review?

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Marbury v. Madison

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Worcester v. Georgia

Through several key cases, Chief Justice Marshall ________________.

• expanded the power of the Supreme Court and state governments

• limited the power of the Supreme Court, but expanded the power of the states

• expanded the power of the Supreme Court and the federal government

• limited the power of the Supreme Court, but expanded the power of the federal government

Which is true about American settlers in the early 1800s?

• They traveled along well-maintained roads in Conestoga wagons.

• They moved to have more freedom.

• They were mostly explorers and trappers.

• They were seeking land and adventure.

New Orleans was important to settlers in the West because ____________.

• without it, they had no way to ship their goods

• they passed through the city on their way up the Mississippi River

• they made money from taxes collected in the city

• it was the capital of the new territory

One of the goals of the Lewis and Clark expedition was to ______________.

• negotiate a deal to buy the land from Native Americans

• build forts

• find the 'Northwest Passage'

• decide how much the land was worth

Who was Sacagawea?

• a Shoshone guide for Lewis and Clark

• William Clark's enslaved person

• a Native American leader that the Lewis and Clark expedition met

• one of the members of Zebulon Pike's second expedition

Americans learned about ________ from Zebulon Pike's expeditions.

• the Pacific Northwest

• all of the Louisiana Territory

• the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains

• present-day Colorado and present-day Oregon