2. Marbury v. Madion and Judicial Revew
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3. Republican Agrarianism
What got him elected (The Revolution of 1800)?
Universal white manhood suffrage
TJ emerged as a strong president with strong party backing.
TJ’s ideal was an agrarian republic of roughly equal yeoman farmers (yeoman is a man who owns his own land). America’s abundant land allowed TJ to envision a nation of small family farms.
Refer to photo of Thomas Jefferson.
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4. Tall, ungainly, and diffident in manner, Thomas Jefferson was nonetheless a man of genius: an architect, naturalist, philosopher and politician. His political philosophy, republican agrarianism, is illustrated by this symbol of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, in which the farmer exemplifies Jefferson’s hopes for America. As he said, “those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God.” .
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5. Can the government create a bank?
Enumerated Powers
Implied Powers
Jefferson answers “No!”
U. S. Constitution, Article 1, section 8
“Congress shall have power to. . .” does not specifically name the power to create a bank.
Strict construction
Limits the power of the federal government
Preserves maximum state sovereignty
Hamilton answers “Yes!”
U. S. Constitution, Article 1, section 18
“make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers.”
“elastic clause”
Loose construction
Creates a “floating” limit to federal sovereignty

6. An Independent Judiciary
While removing Federalist officeholders, many of whom were “Midnight Judges,” Jefferson provoked a landmark Supreme Court decision.
Marbury v. Madison did not restore William Marbury to his post, but it established the principle of judicial review and an independent judiciary.
Chief Justice John Marshall, a Federalist, believed in a loose construction.
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7. An Independent Judiciary
While removing Federalist officeholders, many of whom were “Midnight Judges,” Jefferson provoked a landmark Supreme Court decision.
Marbury v. Madison did not restore William Marbury to his post, but it established the principle of judicial review and an independent judiciary.
Chief Justice John Marshall, a Federalist, believed in a loose construction.
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