Bell Work

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Bell Work

• What was the decision of McCulloch v. Maryland?
  Gibbons v. Ogden? Worcester v. Georgia?
• This Day in History
• January 6, 1838- Samuel Morse's telegraph system
  is demonstrated for the first time at the
  Speedwell Iron Works in Morristown, New Jersey.
• January 6, 1919- Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th
  president of the United States, dies at Sagamore
  Hill, his estate overlooking New York's Long
  Island Sound.
• January 6, 2001- After a bitterly contested
  election, Vice President Al Gore presides over a
  joint session of Congress that certifies George
  W. Bush as the winner of the 2000 election.

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Jefferson
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Jefferson Becomes President

• Federalists John Adams and Charles C. Pinckney
  ran against Democratic-Republicans Thomas
  Jefferson and Aaron Burr.
• Jefferson and Burr tied, with 73 electoral votes
  each.
• The House broke the tie by selecting Jefferson to
  be president Burr became vice president.
• The tie led to the passage of the Twelfth
  Amendment, which provided for a separate ballot
  for president and vice president in the next
  election.

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Jeffersons Government

• Democratic-Republicancontrolled Congress helped
  put his republican ideas into practice.
• Allowed the hated Alien and Sedition Acts to
  expire.
• Lowered military spending.
• Got rid of domestic taxes, relied on customs
  duties.
• Reduced debt
• Believed main functions of federal government
  were
• Protecting the nation from foreign threats.
• Delivering mail.
• Collecting customs duties.

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Judiciary Act of 1801

• William Marbury was a midnight judge appointed
  justice of peace by President Adams the night
  before he left office.
• Marburys commission was not delivered when
  Jefferson took office.
• Marbury sued Jefferson administration to get his
  commission.

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Marbury vs. Madison

• Chief Justice John Marshall wrote Courts opinion
  which claimed the Supreme Court did not hear
  cases like this one, according to the
  Constitution thus, the law that Marbury used to
  argue his case was unconstitutional.
• Ruling established judicial reviewCourts power
  to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional.

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Importance of Marbury v. Madison

• Constitution is the supreme law of the land.
• The Constitution must be followed when there is a
  conflict with any other law.
• The judicial branch can declare laws
  unconstitutional.
• Made judicial branch equal to other two branches
  of government.

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Discussion Questions

• Explain the significance of Marbury v. Madison.
• How did Chief Justice Marshall broaden federal
  powers with McCulloch v. Maryland?
• How did Gibbons v. Ogden affect federal law?
• Answer question 5 on page 271.