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Chapter 9 Self Quiz The decision in the case Marbury v. Madison was a victory for the system of checks and balances. It set up a check by the ____. a. legislative branch on the judicial branch b. judicial branch on the legislative branch c. executive branch on the judicial branch d. legislative branch on the executive branch What is “the principle of judicial review”? a. The Supreme Court may decide which judges appointed by the president are qualified to serve. b. Congress may decide which judges appointed by the president are qualified to serve. c. Congress may decide which court cases may be reviewed by the Supreme Court. d. The Supreme Court may decide if a law violates the Constitution. Which of the following is a secondary source of information about the Lewis and Clark expedition? a. an excerpt from the expedition diary of Meriwether Lewis b. an atlas map of the route based on written accounts by William Clark c. an Indian bowl used by Sacagawea on the expedition d. a letter from Thomas Jefferson, asking Meriwether Lewis to lead the expedition Read the diagram below, which summarizes the effects of the case Marbury v. Madison. What answer should fill in the blank on the diagram? a. president b. Congress c. Supreme Court d. Senate Thomas Jefferson was ____ a strong federal government. a. b. c. d. in favor of skeptical of an advocate of the dictator of Which of the following facts completes the table below about Thomas Jefferson? Thomas Jefferson ? Secretary of State under George Washington U.S President from 1801-09 a. b. c. d. the first U.S. President Drafted the Declaration of Independence commanded U.S. forces during the Revolutionary War drafted the U.S. Constitution What revolutionary-era American leader authorizedthe Louisiana Purchase in 1803? The Louisiana Purchase a. John Adams c. Thomas Jefferson b. George Washington d. James Madison Selected Lands Added to the United States 1803-1867 Millions of Acres 1803 Lousiana Purchase 1845 Texas Annexation 1846 Oregon Treaty 1848 Mexican Cession 1867 Alaska Purchase 0 200 400 600 Analyze the above Selected Lands Added to the United States 1803–1867 graph. The bar graph shows that the United States added about 170 million acres to its territory in the year ____. a. 1803 b. 1846 c. 1848 D. 1845 Read the statement below. What concept does it express? A state has the right to refuse to obey any national law that it considers unconstitutional. a. secession b. sectionalism c. nullification d. judicial review The idea that states could veto a federal law was first written into the ____ as a reaction to the Alien and Sedition Acts. a. Naturalization Act c. Nullification Act b. Constitution d. Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions Read the excerpts below. To what rights was Jefferson referring in these two passages? Summarize the meaning of the passages. Write your answer in your answer Document. Note: The following is only a sample answer. All reasonable answers should be accepted. In these passages, Jefferson is referring to unalienable or natural rights. He is saying that people have rights that naturally belong to them simply because they are human. They do not have to depend on government to give them these rights. The only reason people need government is to safeguard their natural rights. States’ rights advocates pointed to the ____ of the Constitution to support their position, because it gave states powers not specifically granted to the national government. a. elastic clause c. Preamble b. Tenth Amendment d. supremacy clause In the debate over nationalism versus states’ rights, why did nationalists point to the “elastic clause” in the Constitution to support their point of view? a. It stated that the power of government comes from the people. b. It established that the Constitution and federal laws, not state laws, were supreme. c. It stated that powers not delegated to the national government or denied to the states belonged to the states or to the people. d. It allowed the national government to use any reasonable means to carry out its duties. The ideas expressed in the box support a ____ point of view. By ratifying the Constitution, the states agreed to make it the law of the land. There can be no nation if a state can withdraw whenever it does not like a federal action. The people, not states, created the Constitution. a. popular sovereignty b. states’ rights c. nationalist d. secessionist According to the Declaration of Independence, a government’s authority to govern should come from ____. a. b. c. d. God the agreement of the people being governed the consent of the states an agreement between the people and the king Read the passage below. Benjamin Franklin said these words as delegates to the Constitutional Convention were signing the new Constitution. What did he use the sun to represent? a. b. c. d. a long, hard negotiation coming to an end the British Empire losing its hold on the United States a bright future for the United States under the new Constitution the strong leadership of President George Washington Which of the following facts completes the table about Thomas Jefferson? Thomas Jefferson Founded University of Virginia Served two terms as U.S. President Drafted Declaration of Independence ? a. b. c. d. First President of the United States Approved Louisiana Purchase doubling size of United States Killed in a duel by Aaron Burr Noted lawyer from Boston Which of the following is the correct title for the table below? ? • Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States • Northern border of the United States established along the Great Lakes • Mississippi River established as western boundary of United States • Florida returned to Spain; border between Florida and United States established a. b. c. d. Results of the French Revolution Provisions of the Proclamation of 1763 Provisions of the Treaty of Paris (1783) Effects of Manifest Destiny Which of the following early political party leaders said the following? a. Alexander Hamilton c. Thomas Jefferson b. George Washington d. Abraham Lincoln Which of the following would be a primary source for a report on the education reform movement of the 19th century? a. notes recorded at an 1839 school reform meeting b. an analysis of the effects of the movement on education today c. a biography of Horace Mann d. an interview with a descendant of Thomas Gallaudet From which of the following definitions of the word “quarter” did the Quartering Act take its name? quarter \'kwo(r)-ter\ 1: to divide into four parts 2: a period of time in a sporting event 3: a coin worth twentyfive cents 4: to provide lodging or shelter a. definition 1 c. definition 3 b. definition 2 d. definition 4