Match Each Description with the Item Below

question 36

Multiple Choice

Match each description with the item below.
-William Marbury

• A)was a Federalist appointed by John Adams as the justice of the peace in the District of Columbia but never served his appointment
• B)was nicknamed "Old Hickory" due to his toughness as a commander and led an expedition across Alabama during the War of 1812
• C)was sent by Jefferson to France to negotiate the Louisiana Purchase, later with the help of James Monroe
• D)was a naval hero against the Barbary pirates and set fire to the frigate Philadelphia after slipping into Tripoli Harbor
• E)was one of the U.S. diplomats who met with British officials in Ghent to negotiate the end of the War of 1812
• F)saw the British attack of Fort McHenry from Baltimore Harbor and, as a result, wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner"
• G)became vice president in 1801, was Jefferson's ambitious Republican rival, and engaged in a duel with Hamilton
• H)was a chief justice who set out to strengthen the judiciary and was a chief critic and lifelong enemy of Jefferson
• I)was an American naval hero in the War of 1812 and defeated the Native American leader Tecumseh
• J)was appointed to explore the Louisiana Purchase and Far West after having been Jefferson's private secretary

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Definitions:

Inconsistent

A term used to describe a system of equations that has no solution because the equations represent parallel lines.

Elimination

A method for solving a system of equations by adding or subtracting the equations in order to eliminate one of the variables.

Positive Integers

Whole numbers greater than zero.

Difference

The difference obtained when one number is subtracted from another.