Presidents and such Flashcards
The doctrine of judicial view set forth in Marbury v. Madison
President
Year
Jefferson
1803
The doctorine of implied powers set forth in McCulloch v. Madison
Monroe
1819
National view of economic affairs is broadened in Gibbons v. Ogden
President
Year
Monroe
1824
Controversy over the Federalists’ support for the Bank of the United States
President
Year
Washington
1797
Controversy over the Jay Treaty
President
Year
Washington
1794
Controversy over the undeclared war on France
President
Year
Adams
1798
Emergence of an organized opposition party, the Democratic-Republicans, led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
President
Year
Washington
1790
First American presidential election in which power was peacefully transferred from one political party to another. (Who became president after that election year)
President
Year
Jefferson
1800
The Federalists, led by John Adams and Alexander Hamilton, typically believed in a strong national government and commercial economy. They were supported by bankers and business interests in the Northeast.
President
Year
Adams
1796
The Democratic-Republicans believed in a weak national government and an agricultural economy. They were supported by farmers, artisans, and frontier settlers in the South.
President
Year
Washington
1796
Purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France, which doubled the size of the United States overnight.
President
Year
Jefferson
1803
Authorized the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the new territories that lay west of the Mississippi River. Sacajewea, an american indian woman, served as their guide and translator.
President
Year
Jefferson
1804
The American victory over the British in the War of 1812 produced an American claim to the Oregon Territory and increased migration of American settlers into Florida, which was later acquired by treaty from Spain.
President
Year
Madison
1814
The belief that it was America’s “Manifest Destiny” to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific provided political support for territorial expansion (This one happens for decades)
President
Monroe
British interference with American shipping and western expansionism fueled the call for a declaration of war.
President
Year
Madison
1812