Directions: Read page 117 in Our America.

Make sure you read the entire page (even the

little boxes)! Answer the questions below.

1. Who was the second president of the United States?

2. A fight about what was best for the country led to what?

3. What are the names of the two political parties in the United States today?

4. Who was the third president of the United States?

5. From what country did he buy the Louisiana Purchase?

6. What was a result of the Louisiana Purchase?

7. Who did Jefferson send to explore the Louisiana Purchase?

Directions: Read pages 45-47 in From Colonies to Country. Answer the questions
below.
8. What were the Alien Acts?

9. What was the Sedition Act?

10. What was the problem with these acts?

11. What was the problem with the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions (p.46)?