CHAPTER 8.1 Questions
Section 1 The Fall of the Federalist /page 266                                                                        
DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions on a blank piece of note book paper.  Each question is worth 1 point.  Write your name, date and class period on each page.  When you are done, work on your vocab list, workbook or map.                                                                        
   
Attacks on the Sedition Act
 
__________________1. Who pushed the Sedition Act through Congress?
__________________2. What was the real motive behind the law?
__________________3. What party was the President of?
__________________4. All convictions were of what nature?
__________________5. Name one editor that was convicted of sedition.
__________________6. Vice President Jefferson  believed that the Sedition Act was what?
__________________7. Who wrote the Kentucky Resolution?
__________________8. Did Jefferson want states to restrict the First Amendment rights?
__________________9. According to Jefferson, a state could do what to an unconstitutional law?
__________________10. What would this Doctrine of Nullification mean to the US?
__________________11. Instead of nullifying any Constitutional law, what did the Kentucky legislature propose?
__________________12. Did Congress repeal the Alien and Sedition Acts?
 
The Heroism of John Adams  
__________________13. John Adams was from what party?
__________________14. People saw Adams as a defender of what?
__________________15. Was the French foreign minister eager to repair relations with the US?
__________________16. The Convention of 1800 released the US out of what alliance?
__________________17. In October of 1800, who became dictator of France?
 
 
The Election of 1800
 
__________________18. What was the
__________________19. Who was the nomination ticket for the Democrat-Republican party?
__________________20. Who was the nomination ticket for the Federalist party?
__________________21. Which party was united and which was divided?
__________________22. Did Adams and Hamilton get along?
__________________23. Who won the election of 1800?
__________________24. Who received equal votes for President and Vice President?
__________________25. Who did the electors want to be Vice President?
__________________26. Who had to break the electoral tie of 1800?
__________________27. How many times did the House of Representative vote?
__________________28. The 12th Amendment was passed to have voters vote separately for whom?

CHAP 8:   Lesson      Sec: 1 2 3 4         Vocab        

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