In His Inaugural Address, President Jefferson

question 20

Multiple Choice

In his inaugural address, President Jefferson

• A) sought unity after the bitter presidential election of 1800 by declaring "we are all republicans, we are all federalists."
• B) called for a strong military establishment to protect the nation from foreign enemies.
• C) said that a strong national government was the primary bulwark "against anti-republican tendencies."
• D) put the Federalists on notice that he intended to purge them from appointive offices in the federal government.

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Definitions:

Mutation

A permanent alteration in the DNA sequence that makes up a gene, leading to variability within populations and potentially to new traits or diseases.

Adaptive Evolution

The method by which populations adapt to their surroundings by evolving genetic characteristics across generations.

Environmental Change

Any alteration in the conditions of an environment, due to natural processes or human activities, that can affect the organisms living within it.

Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium

A rule that indicates the frequencies of alleles and genotypes in a population will stay unchanged over generations if there are no other factors driving evolution.