Chapter 4.2 Flashcards
What did Jefferson face when he assumed office? And what did he do?
- $83 million national debt.
- Immediately began to dismantle Hamilton’s Federalist fiscal system; eliminated whiskey tax and all other federal internal taxes; closing “unnecessary offices”, cutting “useless establishments and expenses.”
First Barbary War:
Was the only declared war in Jefferson’s 2 terms. What was was the First Barbary War considered?
-first US war on foreign soil and seas.
First Barbary War:
What did North African pirates so to U.S. ships?
-Captured US merchant ships, taking cargoes, enslaving US crew members and demanding huge ransoms.
First Barbary War:
Who had been protecting American ships, but then america ended up with Independence?
British Navy.
First Barbary War:
What was the U.S. doing from the Barbary states for protection? What were demands by the pirates when they were still attacked?
- Paid for Protection to the Barbary States.
- Pirates demanded a lot of money immediately and an annual payment.
What happened when Jefferson refused to pay the pasha of Tripoli ?
the pasha of Tripoli declared war on US May 10, 1801.
Why did the US send 4 ships across the Atlantic to the Mediterranean sea?
- To bombard Tripoli 5 different times and put it out of the war.
- US continued to pay rest of Barbary States until 1808.
Louisiana Purchase:
Why did Jefferson send ambassadors to Paris?
IN order to purchase New Orleans.
Louisiana purchase:
Why id napoleon offer the entire territory of Louisiana for 15 mill?
France gave up an empire in North America to finance war in Europe and to keep the British from getting it.
Louisiana Purchase:
How did Jefferson feel about the Louisiana Purchase and what did the senate do regarding it?
- Jefferson not sure it was constitutional.
- Senate quickly ratified the Louisiana Purchase, doubling the size of the U.S.
Louisiana Purchase:
What did the U.S. gain from the Louisiana Purchase?
US gained huge fertile area and ended French imperial ambitions in North America.
Louisiana Purchase:
What happened December 20, 1803?
And what happened to England and Mexican Claims?
French flag lowered in New Orleans and the U.S. flag raised;
territory finally secured when England and Mexico gave up claims (1845 - 1849).
Louisiana Purchase:
What happened with pre-existing French slaveholders from modern Illinois to Missouri Louisiana?
Jefferson created territories and allowed slavery rather than confiscate the slaves.
Election of 1804 and Second Term:
For Jefferson’s second term Burr was replaced as what by George Clinton?
Burr was replaced as Vice President.
Election of 1804 and Second Term:
Why was Burr disgraced?
Burr was disgraced when on July 11, 1804, he killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
