Age of Jefferson
Name Mrs. Alls
Jefferson’s Administration
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Secretary of Treasury – Albert Gallatin
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Federal government made income through the sale of western lands and through tariffs on
imports.
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Jefferson did the following while he was in office:
o Lowered the nation’s debt
o Kept US at peace
o Purchased the Louisiana Territory
o Cut the federal budget
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Lassiez-faire was the approach used by Jefferson that meant “to leave alone or let someone
do as they chose.”
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Marbury vs. Madison was the case where the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that they had the right
of judicial review.
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Judicial Review
o Concerns the power of the U.S. Supreme Court
o Importance of it?
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Louisiana Purchase
o US purchased the Louisiana Territory for $15 million from France.
o It provided cheap and abundant land for farmers and future generations.
o What was President Jefferson’s original reason for wanting to acquire New Orleans? to
remove France from the Americas
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
o Lewis and Clark started their expedition from St. Louis, MO.
o Sacagawea was the Native American that helped Lewis and Clark on their expedition.
o She was from the Shoshone tribe.
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Duel fought between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr.
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Barbary Coast: Tunisia, Algiers, Morocco, and Tripoli.
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o Jefferson tried to end pirate attacks on U.S. ships by ordering a halt in trade with
other nations.
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Impressments means forcing sailors to serve on British ships.
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After going to war, France and Britain began seizing U.S. merchant ships because both
nations wanted to keep the U.S. from supplying the enemy.
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Embargo Act
o Forbade Americans to export or import any goods.
o Who was hurt most by Jefferson's embargo policy? U.S. (New England)
o Which country was the main target of this act? Great Britain
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Non-intercourse act allowed trade with all nations except France and Great Britain.
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War Hawks
o Wanted to go to war with Great Britain.
o Henry Clay was the War Hawk from Kentucky.
New England shippers were called Yankee.
War of 1812
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William Henry Harrison was the governor of the Indiana Territory and won the Battle of
Tippecanoe.
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Tecumseh was the Native American chief of the Shawnee who was killed at the Battle of
Thames.
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The War of 1812 was fought between the U.S. and Great Britain.
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Battles
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Dolley Madison was credited with saving many historical documents from the White House
before it was burned to the ground.
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Fort McHenry
o Battle of Fort McHenry was where the U.S. held off the Great Britain attack for 25
hours.
o Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner during this battle.
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Battle of New Orleans
o This battle was fought after the Treaty Ghent was signed in Belgium in December
1814 ending the war.
o Andrew Jackson won a decisive battle that made him a national hero.
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Treaty of Ghent ended the War of 1812.
Review Notes:
 Impeachments begin in the House of Representatives.
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The safeguards that were put into the Constitution to ensure that one branch did not become
more powerful than the other branch are Checks and Balances.
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What mountain range did the Cumberland Gap
allow passage? Appalachian Mountains
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The Maya built pyramids and temples for religious ceremonies.
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Roger Williams founded which colony for religious reasons? Rhode Island
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Cultural characteristics that deal with its people, their ideas, languages and religions, and a
wide range of related human activities.
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Which amendment gave African Americans the right to vote? 15th
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What does the Legislative Branch do? Make laws
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The 26th amendment lowered the voting age to 18.