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Age of Jefferson Trivia Day!
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Trivia Rules 5 rounds DO NOT call out answers, each team record individually 10 points for each correct answer 10 points for fastest time 20 added if you get the shot in!
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Round 1-Jefferson’s Presidency 1. What party did Jefferson lead? 2. What economic idea did Jefferson believe in? 3. What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court case in 1803? 4. What is judicial review?
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Round 1 Answers 1. What party did Jefferson lead? Answer: Republican Party 2. What economic idea did Jefferson believe in? Answer: Laissez Faire 3. What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court case in 1803? Answer: Marbury v. Madison 4. What is judicial review? Answer: Supreme Court’s power to decide if a law passed by Congress is constitutional or unconstitutional
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Round 2- The Louisiana Purchase 1. Who did Jefferson send to negotiate a territory purchase with France? 2. Why did Napoleon sell the Louisiana Territory? 3. Lewis and Clark were told to map a route to what body of water? 4. On their journey, who did Lewis and Clark recruit as a translator?
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Round 2 Answers 1. Who did Jefferson send to negotiate a territory purchase with France? Answer: Robert Livingston and James Monroe 2. Why did Napoleon sell the Louisiana Territory? Answer: He needed money for his wars in Europe and he had lost Haiti 3. Lewis and Clark were told to map a route to what body of water? Answer: Pacific Ocean 4. On their journey, who did Lewis and Clark recruit as a translator? Answer: Sacagawea
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Round 3- New Threats from Overseas 1. What term describes the practice of forcing people into service? 2. Who were the two countries that the United States was trading with? 3. What act did Jefferson pass that banned trade with all nations? 4. Who did this act hurt the most? (Hint: Group of people, not a country)
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Round 3 Answer 1. What term means describes the practice of forcing people into service? Answer: Impressment 2. Who were the two countries that the United States was trading with? Answer: Britain and France 3. What act did Jefferson pass that banned trade with all nations? Answer: Embargo Act 4. Who did this act hurt the most? (Hint: Group of people, not a country) Answer: New England Merchants
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Round 4- The Road to War 1. Tecumseh attempted to organize Indian nations into a ___________________, or league. 2. Why did the U.S.-Native American conflict cause issues between the U.S. and Britain? 3. What were the members of Congress called who wanted to go to war with the British? 4. Those who wished for war were driven by a strong sense of ___________________, or devotion to one’s country.
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Round 4 Answers 1. Tecumseh attempted to organize Indian nations into a ___________________, or league. Answer: Confederation 2. Why did the U.S.-Native American conflict cause issues between the U.S. and Britain? Answer: The British were supplying the natives with guns 3. What were the members of Congress called who wanted to go to war with the British? Answer: War Hawks 4. Those who wished for war were driven by a strong sense of ___________________, or devotion to one’s country. Answer: Nationalism
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Final Round- The War of 1812 1. Why was the United States unprepared for war? 2. Who was the captain that led the Americans to victory at the Battle of Lake Erie? 3. Where was a major British victory during the war? What happened there? 4. Which battle occurred after the war had ended and a treaty had been signed in Europe?
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Round 5 Answers 1. Why was the United States unprepared for war? Answer: Jefferson had reduced spending on the army/navy 2. Who was the captain that led the Americans to victory at the Battle of Lake Erie? Answer: Captain Oliver Hazard Perry 3. Where was a major British victory during the war? What happened there? Answer: Washington, D.C. got burned to the ground 4. Which battle occurred after the war had ended and a treaty had been signed in Europe? Answer: Battle of New Orleans
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