The Era of Jefferson
Are the following statements TRUE or
FALSE?
• 1. When Jefferson was 10, his father had him spend a night alone
in the woods with a gun to prove he could survive in the wild
• 2. Jefferson loved music and played the violin
• 3. As President, Jefferson wore old coats and worn out slippers to
greet visitors at the White House
• 4. He kept a small notebook in his pocket in which he recorded all
the $ he spent
• 5. He designed a wheel cipher for sending secret messages
• 6. He designed a room in the White House for fossils
• 7. He love animals so much he sheltered peacocks and bear cubs in
the White House
• 8. Jefferson’s slaves worked and lived at the White House and he
fathered children with one of his slaves
• 9. Congress bought Jefferson’s private library of more than 6,000
books to help rebuild the Library of Congress
• 10. Even when he was 80 years old, he rode on horseback alone
around his estate every day
Introducing Jefferson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBMcosPM
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Jefferson Stations
• www.monticello.org
• Look through resources and record
observations for each category
• Reflection – what did you learn about
Jefferson and his life at Monticello?
Bell Ringer!
• Create a KWL chart in your notes (see below)
• Write at least 5 things you already Know
about Jefferson
• Record at least 2 things you Want to Know
Small
gov’t
Party politics
are not good
for the nation
– We are all
Americans!
Cut
spending,
reduce
the debt
Violence is
sometimes
necessary to
bring about
change
Reduce
size of
army and
navy
Laissez-faire
economics (“let
alone”) business can
function without
gov’t support
Cut
taxes
Supreme Court Today
What is their most important power?
Marbury v. Madison establishes
“judicial review”
~ Adams tried to leave
a lasting Federalist
influence in
government by
appointing 58 Federal
Judges (judges serve
for life)
John Adams
~appointments were
made until the day
before the inauguration,
except one
(the next day)…
Madison
~ Madison, Jefferson’s
Sec. of State, was told
not to deliver the official
papers confirming
Marbury
~ Marbury sued Madison
According to the
Judiciary Act when one
federal official sued
another it went to the SC
Did you know I
was John
Adams’
Secretary of
State?
~ The Supreme Court
ruled against Marbury
(so he doesn’t become a
judge) but went a step
further declaring a law
passed by Congress to
be unconstitutional
(The part of the Judiciary
act that gave the SC the
power to decide cases
brought against federal
officials)
Marbury v. Madison established Judicial Review :
the Supreme Court can rule whether laws (state or
national) are constitutional or not
“ The opinion which
gives to the judges the
right to decide what
laws are constitutional
and what not, not only
for themselves… but
for the Legislature and
Executive also… would
make the Judiciary a
tyrannical branch”
Thomas Jefferson
to Abigail Adams 1804
Why would Jefferson want to control
the Mississippi River?
US buys Louisiana Territory
• Negotiators sent to France
• Originally planned just to buy New Orleans
and West Florida, but Napoleon had lost Haiti
and needed $$$
• French offered whole territory, decided on
$15 million – 828,000 square miles
Lewis and Clark sent to explore the
new land
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKC63tk
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• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpI_Foef
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lewisandclarkexhibit.org
• Travel along the same path of Lewis and Clark!
• Let your journey begin!
Bell Ringer
pp.307 - 309
• 1. Many argued that Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase
violated the Constitution. How did he justify/excuse the
purchase?
– Treaty making power
• 2. What is an “Expedition”? What were the goals of the
expedition?
– Long voyage of exploration
– Map a route to the Pacific, study geography, learn about
plants and animals and the Native people of the area
• 3. Who was Sacagawea and how did she help L & C?
– Shoshone (lived near Rockies), accompanies L & C on the
journey, helps with Native American relations/trade, gives
them knowledge of terrain and plants for medicinal value