QUIZ TIME

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• QUIZ TIME
• GET A RESPONDER

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The Jeffersonian Republic1800 - 1812
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The Revolution of 1800

• Adams was on his way out, but he caused much
  turmoil before he left office
• Federalists need to pay for a new navy
• Created a House Tax 1798 tax on
  all homes by size and windows
• 1799
• Friess Rebellion (Hot Water Rebellion)
• Argued tax was not in proportion to population
• Led a band of 60 men in rebellion
• Arrested and sentenced to treason
• Adams pardons him

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• Unfortunately it loses
• them public support
• Hamilton, a Federalist, penned a tirade against
  Adams
• Jefferson's political machine attacked Adams
  from all angles
• The Election
• Each elector can vote for 2 candidates
• The Vice President was the person who received
  the second most votes
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• Jefferson and his running mate Aaron Burr each
  received 73 electoral votes resulting in a tie!

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• Hamilton throws his support behind Jefferson (He
  hated Burr more!!)
• the House had to decide a tie in the electoral
  college
• (this was changed by the 12th Amendment Each
  elect.college member voted for President and Vice
  President separately)
• This allows Jefferson to become President.
• And ultimately to Hamiltons death by the hand of
  Aaron Burr in a duel!

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• March 4, 1801
• Thomas Jefferson is the first
  President inaugurated in the new
  capital city of Washington D.C.
• His Inaugural address outlines essential
  principles of government.
• equal and exact justice to all men
• peace, commerce, and honest friendship
  with all nations
• the support of state governments
• the preservation of general government
• punishment for those who choose
  to revolt
• compliance with the
  decisions of the majority

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Change is goodSomewhat!

• Before Adams left office
• The Midnight Judges!
• - Appointed judges to the Supreme Court
• Chief Justice John Marshall
• (1801-1835)
• Not a supporter of states rights.
• There was no defined role for the Supreme Court
  or its leader

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Judicial Review

• When an Act of Congress violates a Constitutional
  principal ??
• The right of the court to review statutes and
  interpret the meaning of the Constitution.
  (Supremacy Clause)
• If the court must decide a case, then it must be
  able to decide what law applies
• The Court has a Constitutional duty to review
  cases against the ideas of the
  Constitution
• He strengthens the power of the Supreme Court

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The Louisiana Purchase

• The GREATEST real estate deal in history
• Louisiana was seceded to the France by Spain
• -Jefferson wants to acquire New
  Orleans
• Napoleon needs money to fight a war with England
• He offers the entire region, 828,000 square
  miles, for the paltry sum of
• 15 million
• (Thats .04 an acre!!)

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The Lewis and Clark Expedition

• The greatest exploration of America
• Jefferson sends Meriwether Lewis and William
  Clark
• And the Corps of Discovery
• to find a water route to the Pacific
• -also to establish trading posts with the Indians
  of the territory
• Exploration took 28 months, cost 2500,
  and covered 8000 miles
  and had 33 members

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The Barbary Wars!

• May 1801
• Arabs operating of the Barbary coast of North
  Africa, mainly Tripoli.
• Attacked and raided American and European ships
  for years.
• Jefferson refused to make immediate payment of
  225,000 and the annual payment of 25,000. (paid
  by Adams)
• On the 20th Jefferson sent the first naval fleet
  to the area.

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• Helps forge American views of Islamic culture
• The Philadelphia runs aground in the Tripoli
  Harbor and its crew and captain are captured
• The USS Constitution is sent to attack Tripoli
  (pirate base)
• Sept 1804 The final battle
• June 1805 The leader of Tripoli is replaced and
  a new treaty is signed
• - US prisoners released

The Barbary States of Africa
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The Embargo Act!

• The military had been cut by more than
  half
• American shipping caught between warring nations
  of France and England
• To keep Americans safe
• The Embargo Act
• -Cripples the economy
• -Creates a huge black market
• -Furthers Sectionalism
• Non-Intercourse Act 1809 repeals this!

• Snapping TurtleEmbargo Act
• -stepping on trade agreements
• biting US Merchants so they dont trade
  with England

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• Unexpected Consequences
• N. Eng. was forced to become self-sufficient
  again old factories reopened.
• Laid the groundwork for US industrial power.
• Jefferson, a critic of an industrial America,
  ironically contributed to Hamiltons view of the
  US!!!

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James Madison (1808 1816)

• Defers much power to others The War hawks
  desire for war against old enemies
  (England France)
• America declares war
• June, 1812 against England
• Unfortunately, America was not ready
• -underfunded
• -undermanned
• Our invasion of Canada is a failure!

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Tecumseh and the Indians

• Indians see this a perfect time to
• fight for Indian survival in NWT
• Battle of Tippecanoe 1811
• Indiana governor -Henry Harrison
• defeats Tecumseh and his brother
• The Prophet Tenskwatawa
• Tippecanoe and Tyler too!
• 1840 election slogan!

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• Map Skills
• Reading an Election Map Reading an election map
  carefully yields additional information about
  voting patterns and political alignments. Using
  the map of the Presidential Election of 1800 (p.
  226), answer the following questions.
• 1. How many electoral votes did Adams get from
  the five New England states?
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• 2. Which was the only state north of Virginia
  that went completely for Jefferson?
• 3. How many electoral votes were there in the
  three states that divided between Adams and
  Jefferson?
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• 4. The text records the final electoral vote as
  73 for Jefferson to 65 for Adams and notes that
  Jefferson carried New York only by a very slender
  margin. If Adams had carried New York, what
  would the electoral result have been?