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Thomas Jefferson

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Who was Thomas Jefferson? Author of Declaration of Independence, former secretary of state, former VP, served 2 terms as the 3rd president
What was Jefferson's domestic policy? laissez faire, kept the Bank of the US, 1st use of judicial review (Marbury vs. Madison)
Judicial Review Supreme Court can decide if laws are constitutional or unconstitutional
What was impressment? Forcing sailors into military service
What was the Embargo Act? And when? ban on all trade, result: Yankee merchants smuggle, 1807
What was the Nonintercourse Act and When? US trade with nations EXCEPT for Britain and France, 1809
What was the Louisiana Purchase and When? Purchased from France (Napoleon) for 15 million, included land from Mississippi River to Rocky Mountains, doubled the size of the US, includes port city of New Orleans, purchase made as a treaty, 1803
What was the expedition of Lewis and Clark? What was the team of explorers called? led by Meriwether Lewis & William Clark, sent by Jefferson to explore and make maps, take notes on new plants and animals, trade with Native Americans, reach the Pacific Ocean, team of explorers called the Corps of Discovery
Why did France sell land in the Louisiana Purchase? He needed money for the war with Britain
What is Thomas Jefferson's political party? Democratic Republicans
Who was Sacajawea? The Shoshone woman who acted as a guide and translator across the mountains to the Pacific
What does laissez faire mean? the idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs
What does democratic mean? Ensuring that all people have the same rights
Who was Jefferson's VP and Secretary of State? VP- Aaron Burr, Secretary of State - James Madison
Who made the midnight judge appointment? John Adams on his last day as president
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