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Placement-Style United States History Practice Question of the Day
John Marshall, America's leading jurist Source: Wikimedia Commons
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Question 897:
1. Why did Thomas Jefferson oppose the judicial appointments John
Adams made in March 1801?
(A) Adams made the appointments after
Jefferson's inauguration as president
(B) according to the Judiciary Act of
1789, judges were to be elected, not appointed
(C) Adams was seeking to retain
Federalist control of the judicial branch of the government
(D) Chief Justice John Marshall had
advised him that Adams' actions were unconstitutional
(E) he still resented Adams' treatment
of him when Jefferson was vice-president
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