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Chapter 9: The Jefferson Era
      
  1.Thomas Jefferson believed in a __________ government.  
  a.   large  
  b.   laissez-faire  
  c.   fait accompli  
  d.   coup d’etat  
      
  2.The secretary of the treasury under Jefferson was __________.  
  a.   James Madison  
  b.   Aaron Burr  
  c.   Alexander Hamilton  
  d.   Albert Gallatin  
      
  3.The principles of judicial review were established in the case of __________.  
  a.   Marbury v. Madison  
  b.   McCulloch v. Maryland  
  c.   Gibbons v. Ogden  
  d.   Plessy v. Ferguson  
      
  4.An important guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition was __________.  
  a.   Zebulon Pike  
  b.   the Prophet  
  c.   Sacagawea  
  d.   Tecumseh  
      
  5.Alexander Hamilton was killed in a duel with __________.  
  a.   Thomas Jefferson  
  b.   John Adams  
  c.   Aaron Burr  
  d.   Alexander Hamilton  
      
  6.The Barbary pirates were from __________.  
  a.   North Africa  
  b.   Sicily  
  c.   Spain  
  d.   Palestine  
      
  7.Seizing sailors from one ship and forcing them into military service on another is called __________.  
  a.   the draft  
  b.   blockading  
  c.   an embargo  
  d.   impressment  
      
  8.The general who acquired the nickname “Tippecanoe” was __________.  
  a.   Andrew Jackson  
  b.   Benjamin Harrison  
  c.   William Henry Harrison  
  d.   Meriwether Lewis  
      
  9.The U.S.S. Constitution was nicknamed “Old Ironsides” because __________.  
  a.   its sides were covered with iron plating  
  b.   a cannon shot bounced off its side  
  c.   its commander was Captain Iron  
  d.   when bombed it sank quickly, like iron  
      
  10.During the War of 1812 the British burned __________.  
  a.   the Capitol and the president’s mansion  
  b.   Fort Key and Fort McHenry  
  c.   the president’s mansion and Fort McHenry  
  d.   the Capitol and the Jefferson Memorial  

 






 
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