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Section 1
John Adams
judicial review
John Marshall
Marbury v. Madison
Thomas Jefferson
DIRECTIONS Answer each question by writing a sentence that contains
at least one word from the word bank.
1. Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court that disagreed with President
Jefferson about many political issues?
2. Who ran against Thomas Jefferson in the election of 1800?
3. The power of judicial review was established by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision
in what case?
4. What was the outcome of the presidential election of 1800?
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5. Why was Marbury v. Madison an important Supreme Court case?
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named Zebulon Pike led another mission to
the West. He was supposed to find out where
the Red River started.
SECTION 1
1. John Marshall was the chief justice of
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SECTION 3
the Supreme Court who disagreed with
President Jefferson about many issues.
In the presidential election of 1800,
Federalist John Adams ran against
Republican Thomas Jefferson.
The power of judicial review was established by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Marbury v. Madison.
Thomas Jefferson won the election of
1800 after the House of Representatives
voted 36 times in order to break a tie
between Jefferson and Aaron Burr.
Marbury v. Madison established the
Supreme Court’s power to declare an act
of Congress unconstitutional.
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SECTION 4
1. Hartford Convention; sentences will vary
SECTION 2
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States; area purchased from France by the
United States
wife of a French fur trader; lived with the
Mandan Indians; was a Shoshone from
the Rocky Mountains; helped the Lewis
and Clark expedition as a guide and
interpreter
the Corps of Discovery; explored the western lands for the United States
young army officer; sent on a mission
to the West; ordered to find the starting
point of the Red River
friend of Meriwether Lewis; co-leader of
the Lewis and Clark expedition
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Summaries will vary but might include the
following:
Because Americans knew little about the
western lands, President Jefferson chose
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to lead
an expedition of the West. The expedition
is known as the Lewis and Clark expedition.
During their trip they had some problems
with the Indians living in the West. They
met an Indian woman named Sacagawea
who helped them along their journey. Other
Indians helped them out also. In addition to
the expedition led by Lewis and Clark, a man
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but an example is: The gathering of New
England Federalists before the Battle of
New Orleans to oppose war was called the
Hartford Convention.
Treaty of Fort Jackson; sentences will
vary but an example is: Andrew Jackson’s
troops defeated the Creek Indians, and
forced the Creek to give up millions of
acres of their land in the treaty of Fort
Jackson.
Andrew Jackson; sentences will vary but
an example is: Andrew Jackson was the
commander of the Tennessee militia.
Oliver Hazard Perry’s; sentences will vary
but an example is: The American naval
captain at the Battle of Lake Erie was
Oliver Hazard Perry.
Treaty of Ghent; sentences will vary but
an example is: The peace agreement that
ended the War of 1812 was the Treaty of
Ghent.
Battle of New Orleans; sentences will vary
but an example is: The Battle of New
Orleans is where the British were defeated
by Andrew Jackson’s troops.
Battle of Lake Erie; sentences will vary
but an example is: The Battle of Lake Erie
ended when the British surrendered to
Oliver Hazard Perry.
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