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Chapter 9: The Era of Thomas Jefferson Why did the election of 1800 have to be decided in the House of Representatives? (310) What does laissez-faire mean? (311) What were Jefferson’s two main goals as president? (312) How did Jefferson reduce federal expenses and power? (312) Where did tax revenue come from after Jefferson eliminated all federal taxes? (312) What action did Jefferson take as President to help those convicted under the Sedition Act? (312) What is judicial review? (313) Why was New Orleans important to the United States? (314) What important right did the United States gain with the Pinckney Treaty of 1795? (314) Why would France have trouble defending Louisiana if it did not control Haiti? (315) Why did President Jefferson hesitate to approve the purchase of the Louisiana Territory? (316) What was the significance of the Louisiana Purchase? (316) What goals did Jefferson set for Lewis and Clark’s expedition? (317) Who was Sacagawea and how was she important to the success of the Lewis and Clark expedition? (318) What is a continental divide? (318) How was Pike’s expedition similar to that of Lewis and Clark’s? How was it different? (319) How did European nations protect themselves against raids by the Barbary pirates? (322) Why did Britain and France attack American merchant ships? (323) What is impressment? (323) What impact do you think impressment had on the performance of the British navy? (323) What is an embargo? (324) Why did President Jefferson place an embargo on foreign goods in 1807? (324) What effect did the Embargo Act have? (324) How did settlement in the West affect Native Americans who lived there? (325) What actions did Tecumseh urge on his followers? (326) Why did many call for war with Britain? (327) What is nationalism? (327) Who were the war hawks? (327) Why was the United States unprepared for war? (328) What is a blockade? (328) Why did New England oppose the war? What was the purpose of the Hartford Convention? (331) How did the War of 1812 end? (330) What were some results of the war that were not expressly written in the treaty? (331) Chapter 10: A Changing Nation What happened to the Federalist Party after the War of 1812? (340) Why is the period after the War of 1812 known as the “Era of Good Feelings”? (340) Explain the regional differences that began to develop. (341) Why did the first Bank of the United States cease to exist? (342) What problems developed without the Bank and what was done about it? (342) Why were British goods cheaper than American goods? (342) What is dumping? (342) According to Henry Clay, how would his American System benefit the economy? (343) What did McCulloch v. Maryland decide? (343) What is capitalism? (344) What is interstate commerce? (344) What effect did Andrew Jackson’s attack on Florida have on the government of Spain? (345) How did the American and French revolutions impact Latin America? (346) How did Great Britain and the United States benefit from the independence of Spain’s American colonies? (347) Why did the United States act alone to protect the freedom of the new nations of Latin America? (347) What was the Monroe Doctrine? (347) Why did Britain grant some self-government to Canada? (348) Why did Jackson’s supporters claim there had been a “corrupt bargain” in the election of 1824? (350) Which groups did not benefit from increased suffrage in the United States? (352) What is the spoils system? (354) How did the Cherokee adapt? (355) How did the Supereme Court rule in the case of Worcester v Georgia? (357) Why did President Jackson object to this decision? (357) What mistakes in planning did the government make before removing Native Americans? (358) What were the results of the removal? (359) What were the arguments for and against the Second Bank of the United States? (362) How does the Tenth Amendment limit federal powers? (364) Why did states’ rights become an issue in the 1820s? (364) What is nullification? (364) What was the position of Vice President John C. Calhoun on nullification? (364) How was the crisis settled? (365) What was the main cause of the Panic of 1837? (367)