The Jefferson Era

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The Jefferson Era

• 10-1 Jefferson Takes Office

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Election of 1800

• Thomas Jefferson v. John Adams
• Jefferson Democratic Republican
• Adams Federalist
• Democratic Republicans won the election

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We Have a Tie

• Jefferson 73 votes
• Aaron Burr 73 votes
• DRs wanted him as Vice president (ooops!)
• House of Reps to choose president

• House voted 35 timesno winner
• Hamilton thought Jefferson would do more for
  nation than Burr
• Convinced some Federalists to vote for Jefferson

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Jefferson is da bomb!!

• Politician
• Musician
• Scientist
• Architect
• Horseman
• Devoted reader (his book collection became the
  core of the Library of Congress)

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Jefferson is da bomb!!

• Architect
• Monticello

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Jefferson is da bomb!!

• Virginia State Capital

• Architect

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Jefferson is da bomb!!

• Architect

• University of Virginia

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Let us, then, fellow citizens, unite
with one heart and one mindEvery difference of
opinion is not a difference of principleWe are
all Republicans, we are all Federalists.-Thomas
Jefferson, First Inaugural Address
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Jefferson in Action

• Promoted a common way of life to unite Americans
• Behaved as a gentleman farmer
• Sought to end many Federalist programs
• Thought government should have less power than it
  had under Federalists

• Allowed Alien and Sedition Acts to end
• Ended the Whiskey Tax
• Reduced the number of federal employees
• Reduced the size of the military
• Reduced the amount of money owed by the
  government to the people

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That Sneaky Adams

• Judiciary Act of 1801
• Adams appointed as many Federalist judges as he
  could before Jefferson could take office.
• Known as the Midnight Judges

• John Marshall appointed Chief Justice of the
  Supreme Court
• Served for over 30 years

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Marbury v. Madison

• Marbury one of Adamss Midnight Judges
• New Sec. of State James Madison refused to give
  him the job.
• Supreme Court ruled that the law under which
  Marbury sued was unconstitutional (Jefferson and
  new congress had overturned Judiciary Act of
  1801)

• Established principal of Judicial Review
• Supreme Court has final say in interpreting the
  Constitution.
• Created a lasting balance among the three
  branches of government.

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The End