After becoming president, how did Thomas Jefferson deal with the Federalists?
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He tried to roll back almost everything they had done by cutting taxes and the size of government.
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What was the significance of the case of Marbury v. Madison?
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The Supreme Court asserted the power of judicial review
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In its decision in the case of Fletcher v. Peck, the U.S. Supreme Court:
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exercised the authority to overturn a state law that the Court considered in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
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The land involved in the Louisiana Purchase:
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stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada and from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.
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NOT true about the expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
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They never reached the Pacific coast
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In the New Orleans under Spanish rule...
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Slave women had the right to go to court for protection against cruelty or rape by their owners.
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Why did Jefferson use the U.S. navy against North African states?
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Tripoli had declared war on the United States after Jefferson had refused demands for increased payments to the Barbary pirates.
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What was unusual about the Embargo Act of 1807?
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It stopped all American vessels from sailing to foreign ports— an amazing use of federal power, especially by a president supposedly
dedicated to a weak central government.
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The War Hawks in Congress included:
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Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun
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Who wrote that he hoped that the purchase of Louisiana would lead to the
transplanting of all the Indians from east of the Mississippi to west of the
Mississippi?
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Thomas Jefferson
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Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa were brothers who:
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preached a militant message to Native Americans early in the nineteenth century.
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When Andrew Jackson had the chance to obtain African-American help to fight the British in the Battle of New Orleans, he:
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recruited freemen of color and promised them the same pay that white recruits received.
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The treaty that ended the War of 1812:
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restored the prewar status quo
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Results of the War of 1812
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1.America became more isolationist.
2. Spurred westward migration: Jobs scarce, Native Americans weakened.
3. Encouraged American industry (New England textile mills).
4. Ended the Federalist party.
5. Inspired nationalism.
6. Made Andrew Jackson a hero (after winning Battle of New Orleans, 1815).
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Why did the United States become a one-party nation following the War of
1812?
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The Hartford Convention's allegedly treasonous activities fatally damaged the Federalist Party's reputation.
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