APUSH
Chapter 11 Study Guide
The Triumph and Travails of Jeffersonian Democracy
Discussion Questions
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Explain how Jefferson's idealistic Revolution of 1800 proved to be more moderate and practical
once he began exercising presidential power.
Describe Jefferson's foreign policy goals and how he attempted to achieve them.
Describe the conflicts between Federalists and Republicans over the judiciary and how John
Marshall turned the Supreme Court into a bastion of conservative, federalist power to balance
the rise of Jeffersonian democracy.
Analyze the causes and effects of the Louisiana Purchase.
Describe how the United States was gradually drawn into the crisis of the Napoleonic Wars.
Describe the original goal of Jefferson's embargo, and explain why it failed.
Explain why President Madison became convinced that a new war with Britain was necessary to
maintain America's experiment in republican government.
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Embargo Act
Louisiana Purchase
Non-Intercourse Act
Midnight Judges
The Judiciary Act of 1801
Orders in Council
The Chesapeake Incident
Marbury v. Madison
Patronage
Judicial Review
Impeachment
Impressment
John Marshall
Aaron Burr
William Marbury
Toussaint L'Overture
Samuel Chase
James Monroe
Lewis and Clark
Zebulon M. Pike
Thomas Jefferson