Political Parties and Key Precedents

What is the significance of Marbury v Madison?

• it regulated interstate commerce

• it gave authority over native affairs

• it established judicial review by the Supreme Court

• it gave the power of the federal government to stretch their power

Select 2 precedents of George Washington during his presidency?

• Farewell address

• Serving only 2 terms

• having congress select the presidents cabinet

• setting up the 3 branches

Match the following

• Alexander Hamilton

• Democratic Republicans

• Henry Clay

• Federalists

• Thomas Jefferson

• Whigs

Categorize the following characteristics of Democratic Republicans and Federalists

Groups:

(a) Democratic Republicans

,

(b) Federalists

• pro tariff

• favored states rights and concerns of the common man

• bankers, merchants

• Immigrants, farmers

• anti tariff

• Strong federal government

Which was not a cause of the War of 1812

• Arming natives to attack white settlers moving west

• British blockades of American ports

• and impressment of American Sailors

• increased manufacturing

Which of the following was the MAIN reason political parties were created in the United States.

• Taxation without representation

• judicial review

• westward expansion

• the extent of federal power

Why was Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana Territory controversial?

• It did not say in the Constitution that he could buy land from a foreign country

• It was too expensive

• The U.S. only needed access to the port of New Orleans

• The U.S. only needed access to the Mississippi River

What was a warning given by George Washington in his Farewell Address?

• Warnings about foreign alliances

• Warnings against federal debt

• Warnings about impressment

• Concerns over federal power

Which of the following was a goal of Thomas Jefferson in the Lewis and Clark expedition

• to claim California for the U.S.

• to explore a route to the Pacific Ocean?

  (Northwest Passage)

• remove British from U.S. land

• establish western settlements

Thomas Jefferson criticized the Adams administration for the following acts.

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• The Embargo Act

• The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

• The War of 1812