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21 Cards in this Set
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Who's presidency was considered the beginning of true democracy? |
Jefferson |
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Who was Sally Hemmings? |
Jefferson's "girlfriend" of 38 years. They had 6 kids |
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Who did Jefferson considering allying with to aquire New Orleans? |
Britian |
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What did Jefferson cut as an attempt to lower national debt and balance budget? |
Navy and army |
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Why did Jefferson often dress so casually? |
To make people feel as though they were equal to him |
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What was the Judiciary Act of 1801? Why did Adams pass it right before he left office? |
It expanded the number of judges. He was trying to get as many federalists judges as he could to make sure the democratic-republicans didn't take over |
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Who was William Marbury? |
He was appointed justice of peace but he wanted to be a judge. He didn't turn his paper in on time and Jefferson refused to appoint him. He sued Madison |
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Who was chief justice for Marbury vs. Madison? |
John Marshall |
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What was Judicial Review? Who created it? |
Created by John Marshall. It was when the supreme court declares the law unconsitiutional |
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What is impeachment? |
Being charged with misconduct |
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Who was John Pickering? |
The first judge Jefferson impeached as he started to go after all Federalist judges |
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Who was Samuel Chase? |
A federalist judge that Jefferson attempted to kick out. He was impeached but kept his job |
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Who helped Samuel Chase to keep his position? |
Aaron Burr |
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Why did the Barbary Pirates attack US ships? |
Jefferson refused to pay to tribute that Washington and Adams had. Jefferson eventually payed |
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What caused Jefferson to rethink his decision to scale back the army and navy? |
The attacks by the Barbary Pirates |
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What was Jefferson's greatest success? |
Louisiana Purchase |
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Why was losing rights to the Mississippi river bad for the economy? |
endangered plans of western expansion |
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What was James Monroe supposed to buy when Jefferson sent him to Paris? How much? |
New Orleans and Florida for $10 million |
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If the sale of New Orleans and Florida didn't go through, what was Monroe instructed to do? |
Seek British alliance |
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How much did Jefferson borrow for the B.U.S to buy Louisiana? |
$3 million |
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How did the Louisiana Purchase add to the downfall of the Federalist party? |
The new land would be populated with mostly famers, who would the support democratic-republican party |
