Jefferson Quiz Flashcards
Thomas Jefferson’s presidency
He was the leader of the republican party
He believed in the importance of everyday people especially farmers
He wanted to make a government where everyone has the same rights and believed in uniting the country
He wanted to make a democratic government
How did Jefferson reduce the power of the government?
-By cutting federal budget
-Reducing federal debt
-Using laiseez faire attitude
Took away the whiskey tax
-Congress restored that immigrants become citizens after 5 years
- pardons the sedition act
-Kept national bank
-Federal government payed of state debts
-Reduces the army and navy
What does laissez faire mean?
To leave things alone attitude. Pull back and let the businesses handle it.
Marbury vs Madison
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Louisiana Purchase
-One million americans lived between the Appalachian Mt and the mississippi river, but most were farmers
-Others stopped traders by going through the river by shooting huge cannons at them
-Spain controlled the port of new orleans and france controlled spain
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What was the Nonintercourse act?
-Its saying you can trade with anyone in the world except france and england until they stop taking our ships
-Embargo act did not work, so they switched to this
-Jefferson decided this
What was the Embargo act?
-Prohibited America from trading with foreign nations, mostly Britain and France because they kept stealing our ships
-It was an attempt for them to respect that America is neutral
-Mostly harmed the American economy
-Wasent successful then changed to the nonintercourse act
What was the War with Tripoli?
- U.S payed money to the pirates that were in the mediterranean sea to leave our ships alone
-The pirates later wanted a bigger bribe and Jeffereson refused
-The state declared war on the U.S Jefferson then set up a navel blockage
-The “Philadelphia” got captured by the pirates
-The marines then marched 500 miles to attach Tripoli
-The treaty was signed to leave the U.S alone
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What is an impressment? And how was it used?
-The british and the french are fighting and the british adds an impressment
-We are trading to Europe, China, around South America, and the Caribbean.
-An impressment is the act to force and constrict people often against their will
The War of 1812 key facts:
-Britain gets us into a war because they kept sinking our ships
-The house declares war
-We declared war in June 1812
-U.S only had 16 ships and a few soldiers
-U.S invades Canada to get them on our side
-There were battles Great lakes, –The east Coast, and in New Orleans
-After the fighting the peace treaty is signed, and they all went back to normal
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