Name:
Date:
Class:
Thomas Jefferson’s Presidency
Actions taken as President
Political Party
1. Purchased Louisiana
Democratic-Republican
2. Embargo Act
3. Lewis & Clark Expedition
President # ___3___
Embargo Act of 1807
Use the Mastering the Grade 8 Social Studies TEKS (Page 181)
Answer the Questions below
Issue
Impressment
War between
Taking
Americans into
forced military
service to serve
on British ships
Britain
&
France
Embargo Act of 1807
To avoid war, American
ships were not allowed to
trade with European nations.
This forced America to begin
its own manufacturing
rather than depend on
European goods
Name:
Date:
Class:
Louisiana Purchase
Use the Mastering the Grade 8 Social Studies TEKS (Pages 179-180)
Locate, Label and Highlight/Color, the borders of the Louisiana Purchase
When was
this territory
purchased?
1803
What historic
exploration
took place in
1804?
1. Lewis &
Clark
Expedition
Which European
power did the U.S.
buy it from?
What did this purchase do to the geography of the
United States?
How much did it
cost?
1. France
1. Doubled it
2. $15 Million
EXTRA CREDIT:
Westward Expansion = Manifest Destiny
Thomas Jefferson’s Dilemma
What is a Strict
Constructionist?
Federal
government
should only do
what the
Constitution
says it can do.
Fed government
is limited
Which Political
Party were Strict
Constructionists?
DemocraticRepublicans
Which Political
Party did
Jefferson
belong to?
DemocraticRepublicans
According to
Jefferson’s beliefs, did
he (as President) have
the power to
authorize the
Louisiana Purchase?
He wasn’t sure but
chose to buy it
anyway. Congress
later approved