Jefferson study guide Flashcards
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What is laissez faire?
Just let it happen, let it work out on its own
Thomas Jefferson
Republican, 3rd president. He believed in the importance of the ordinary people, which he had a informal manner. Wanted to unite the country.
What did Thomas Jefferson do in change?
He cut the budget. reduced the army and navy, repelled whiskey tax, pardoned the sedition act, switched the citizenship back to 5 years, and he kept the national bank even though he was against it.
Republican
Led by jefferson
People should have political powers
Strong STATE governments
Agriculture
Pro-french
Opposed national bank
Opposed protective tariff
What is judicial review
Decide if something is unconstitutional, usually Supreme Court
Who is John Marshall
Supreme court chief Justice, federalist, and thought the courts/ judicial Branch was very weak.
What is Marbury vs Madison
Marbury= new judge that ADAMS hired on his last day of office. Jefferson told Madison to NOT deliver the paperwork which then led Marbury to lose his job. Marbury sued Madison and it led to the Supreme Court to deal with federal issues also would do judicial review and lower courts would deal with jobs.
Louisiana Purchase
1 million people(mostly farmers) were living between the appt mountains and the mississippi river. Produce went through new orleans which would get market. Spain controlled the port in new orleans and washing made a treaty to make it so we could go through the port. French owned Hati which was making a lot of money off of sugar cane with slaves. The French’s plan was to buy the land and make food to bring down to the slaves to feed them but the slaves revolted and freed themselves in 1804 so they didn’t need the land anymore so they sold it to us with more land for 15 million because they needed money for the way against England.
Lewis and Clark
Two men and a crew who were sent to explore the new land and find a river. While also tasked with talking to native Americans one in particular was sacagawea. They wanted to find new food and find a way to the Pacific ocean. This took over a year to go there and back.
War with Tripoli
There were pirates in the Mediterranean Sea and northern Africa, which asked us for money and if the u.s gave them the money they wouldn’t steal our ships, so Jefferson gave them the money. One of the states wanted more money but Jefferson said no so the state declared war on us. Jefferson built up the navy and marines but then a US battleship was taken named the Philadelphia, which is bad because it had cannons and other armory on it. The US went in and burned it so the pirates couldn’t have it. Jefferson then made the Marines walk 500 miles on the state so we could attack them from land while the navy attacked from the sea. The result: a treaty signed to leave us alone.
what is the two important information?
WE ARE SHIPPING ALL AROUND THE WORLD
ENGLAND AND FRANCE ARE AT WAR AGAIN
Impressment
Making people go on a crew(mostly British but some French) while basically kidnapping the sailors and making them join the royal navy.
Embargo act
Jefferson said to stop trading with the world, that way there were no boats on the water. This affected the U.S a lot, in 1807 exports dropped and also before we had $108 million and after $22 million so Jefferson’s plan did not work.
Nonintercourse Act
You can trade everywhere in the world BESIDES france and England.
