1. Election of 1800 Jefferson Takes Office

2. Group Activity In assigned groups
You will answer questions on the dry erase boards.
For each correct answer you will get 25 Points.

3. Election of 1800 Federalist Republicans John Adams Charles Pinckney
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr

4. A Bitter Campaign Republicans Were for what kind of Government?
Federalists
Were for what kind of Government?
Strong Central
Which European Country were they in Favor of?
Britain
Republicans
Were for what kind of Government?
Strong State Governments
Which European Country were they in favor of?
France

5. Election of 1800
What were Some of the Main political issues that were being debated during the Election of 1800?
Alien and Sedition Acts.
XYZ Affair
Adams Not Declaring War with France
How strong the Central Government Should Be.

6. Results of the Election

7. Jefferson Takes Office
What Federalist Policies do you think that Jefferson would have worked to repeal during his Presidency?
Alien and Sedition Acts
Elimination of Federal Taxes
Limiting the power of the Federal Government.

8. 100 Point Question
What does your group think was the main goal of Thomas Jefferson’s Presidency.
Jefferson Wanted to Limit the Federal Government Power over States and Citizens.

9. What Kinds of Policies do you think Jefferson started while in office?
Jefferson reduced the number of people in Government.
Fired all Tax Collectors.
Cut the number of United States Diplomats.
Cut the Budget for the Army in half.
Reduced the Army’s size.
Eliminated all federal taxes within the United States.

10. Who Do you see today as a person who has similar views to Thomas Jefferson?
Ron Paul

11. The Louisiana Purchase
By 1800, More than One million settlers lived between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River.
Most Western Settlers were Farmers.
Why was the Mississippi River so important to these settlers?
Because the farmers used the river to transport their products to New Orleans, and then ship out to the east.

12. The Louisiana Purchase
In 1801 Spain had secretly given New Orleans and the rest of the Louisiana Territory to France.