1. Historical Catalyst
If your were going on a 2 ½ year trip, cut off from civilization, what would you bring?

2. Happy Halloween… Election of 1800 assessment due tomorrow- Questions
Jefferson presidency ( )
VIDEO: What kind of president was Jefferson?
What is the significance of the Louisiana Purchase?
Why was the decision to make the purchase difficult for Jefferson? (Deal or No deal activity)
HW due Wednesday- Louisiana Purchase worksheet
Extra Credit- (1-3 pts) watch full Lewis and Clark video and hand in answers

3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=2Drl8fpWTKo AND THE WINNER IS….

4. The “Revolution of 1800”

5. Jefferson’s first term
Smaller gov’t
Reduces size of military
Reduces bureaucracy- non-
elected gov’t employees
“Frugal”- No taxes
Keeps National Bank

7. Louisiana Purchase 1803 Doubles size of America
Lewis and Clarke set out to explore

8. What was the reason for the Lewis and Clark expidition?
Would you have wanted to go?

9. Louisiana Purchase:
How could the Louisiana Purchase be seen as hypocritical of Jefferson?
Foreign Affairs:
How does Jefferson respond to France and Great Britain attacking American ships?
What are the results of his policy?

10. Tj

11. When President Thomas Jefferson acquired the Louisiana Territory from France, he demonstrated that he had modified his belief that
1. the Constitution should be strictly interpreted
2. the federal government should limit individual rights
3. adding territory would lead to regional rivalries
4. commercial development was the main goal of the federal government

12. The Louisiana Purchase had great geographic significance for the United States because it
1. reduced British control of North America
2. focused the United States on westward expansion
3. extended United States control over Mexico
4. decreased tensions with Native American Indians

13. Alexander Hamilton’s argument that the government has the power to create a National Bank is based on which part of the Constitution?
1. the Preamble
2. the elastic clause
3. guarantees to the States
4. the Bill of Rights

14. Actions and policies of the Government under President George Washington generally resulted in the
1. establishment of strong political ties with other nations
2. liberation of many enslaved persons
3. failure to create a sound financial program for the country
4. strengthening of the Federal Government

15. One factor that led to the formation of the first two political parties in the United States in the 1790s was the conflict over the
1. distribution of power between the federal and state governments
2. spread of slavery into the western territories
3. control of interstate commerce
4. acquisition of lands from France and Spain