The Jefferson Era – Chapter 10 Bullet Notes
Undoing Federalist Programs
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Jefferson ended many Federalist Programs
Allowed the Alien and Sedition Acts to end
Cut costs by reducing <_limited gov’t_>
1. number of Federal employees
2. taxes
3. size of the military
Marbury vs. Madison
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Established Judicial Review Power to declare laws unconstitutional
Gave Supreme Court final say in interpreting the laws and the Constitution
Louisiana Purchase
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Year it was purchased- 1803
Purchased from France/Napoleon Bonaparte
Price- $15 million - 3₵ per acres
Effect on U.S. doubled the size of the U.S.
Lewis and Clark Expedition
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Jefferson’s instructions:
1. Explore Louisiana Territory & Oregon
2. Establish good relations with Native Americans
3. Describe landscape, plants, and animals
The expedition brought back scientific & geographic information
They didn’t discover a water route to the west coast
Problem with France and England
• British and French interfered with U.S. shipping and trade
• The British also “impressed” U.S. sailors
• The Leopard attacked the Chesapeake
1. 3 Americans were killed
2. Caused widespread anger in the U.S.
The Embargo Act - to punish England & France
• American ships weren’t allowed to sail to foreign ports
• American ports were closed to British
• Results of the embargo - hurt the American economy more than England and
France
Tecumseh and the Native Americans
• Tecumseh was a Shawnee Chief
• To stop the loss of Indian land he united different tribes
• Shawnee were defeated at Tippecanoe (by American General William H. Harrison
War Hawks in Congress
• Demanded war on Britain
• Leading War Hawks in Congress were Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and
Andrew Jackson
America declared war on Britain
Date June 18, 1812