Chapter Eight The Jeffersonians in Power, 18001815

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Chapter EightThe Jeffersonians in Power,
1800-1815

• America and Its Peoples
• A Mosaic In The Making, 5th ed.
• Martin, Roberts, Mintz, McMurry, and Jones

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Barbary StatesThomas Jeffersons first
foreign-policy crisis occurred when he refused to
pay tribute to the Barbary States for the release
of hostages captured by Algerian pirates.
Instead, he sent eight ships to enforce a
blockade of Tripoli.
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The Louisiana Purchase and Route of Louis and
ClarkNo one realized how much territory
Jefferson had acquired through the Louisiana
Purchase until Lewis and Clark explored the far
West.
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The War of 1812
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Indian Land CessionsBefore the War of 1812,
Native Americans had already ceded much of the
land to the federal government.