The Jefferson Era JeopardyPeople Vocab More
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People : 200
4th President of the US during the war of 1812. His wife saved George
Washington’s portrait from burning at the white house:
ANSWER: James Madison
People : 400
Native American chief that wanted all tribes to unite against white
settlers taking native land.
ANSWER: Tecumseh
Vocabulary: 100
A court case that affirmed the principle of judicial review:
ANSWER: Marbury v. Madison
Vocabulary : 200
An American purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France
in 1803:
ANSWER: Louisiana Purchase
More Vocabulary : 100
The final authority of the Supreme Court on the meaning of the
Constitution:
ANSWER: Judicial Review
More Vocabulary : 300
A political party that feared a strong central government.
ANSWER: Democratic Republican
More Vocabulary : 500
A law that forbade American ships from sailing to foreign ports and closed American ports to British
ships:
ANSWER: Embargo Act of 1807
Jeffersonian Democracy: 100
Jefferson favored a ________ interpretation of the
Constitution:
ANSWER: Strict
Jeffersonian Democracy : 500
What did Jefferson do about the Alien and Sedation acts?
ANSWER: He released prisoners convicted under the
act.
Louisiana Purchase : 200
Jefferson assigned these two men to explore the Louisiana
Territory:
ANSWER: Lewis and Clark
Louisiana Purchase : 300
What did Jefferson hope for America on the expedition?
ANSWER: Westward expansion, trade with natives, a northwest passage to Pacific, learn about new plants and
animals.
Louisiana Purchase : 500
Why was Jefferson hesitant to purchase the Louisiana Territory?
ANSWER: the Constitution does not empower the president to
buy land.
War of 1812 : 300
How did the British blockade of the US coast boost American industry?
ANSWER: Americans had to make goods it use to import from Europe.
War of 1812 : 500
This battle of the war was fought after the Treaty of Ghent was
signed.
ANSWER: Battle of New Orleans