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| What was the Twelfth Amendment? Why was it postponed? |
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| It created separate ballots for the president and the vice president; to make voting easier. |
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| Why was the Judiciary Act of 1801 passed? What did it state? |
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| It helped keep control of the Judiciary branch. It created 16 new federal judgeships. |
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| Who were the midnight judges? Who appointed them? When? |
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| members assigned office the night before Adams left |
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| What was Marbury vs. Madison? |
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| What was Jefferson's most celebrated achievement as president? |
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| Who did Livingston and Monroe meet with to negotiate the buying of New Orleans? |
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| What did Talleyrand offer instead? |
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| Why did Napoleon decide to sell all of the Louisiana territory? |
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| How much did the United States pay for the Louisiana territory? |
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| How did it change the size of the United States? |
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| Why did Jefferson want to explore the Louisiana territory? |
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| Who did he get to explore the Louisiana territory? |
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| When did Lewis and Clark's journey begin? Where did it begin? |
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| May 1804 at the Missouri River |
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| How many states or parts of states were carved from the Louisiana territory? |
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| What happened to merchant ships that entered the Mediterranean Sea? What was the name given to the people who attacked the ships? When did the attacks end? |
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| They were captured by Barbary pirates; they were called Barbary pirates; ended in 1803 |
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| When was the first time Congress declared war? |
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| What was the war between the United States and Great Britain known as? |
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| What happened when the British attacked Washington, D.C.? |
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| The White House caught on fire. |
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| Why did Dolly Madison refuse to leave Washington, D.C.? |
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| There was a picture of George Washington still in there. |
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| Where was Fort McHenry located? How long did the British shell the fort? Why did Francis Scott Key write the "Star Spangled Banner"? |
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| Baltimore, Maryland; 25 hours; He was inspired by America's strength |
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| When did the Battle of New Orleans occur? |
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| What was the last major conflict of the War of 1812? |
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| What was the Treaty of Ghent? When was it signed? Where? |
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| ended the war; Dec. 24, 1814; Belgium |
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