1. Jeffersonian Democracy & The Early Republic PART 2
Topic 9
Jeffersonian Democracy & The Early Republic
PART 2

2. APUSH PowerPoint #4.1 (Part 2 of 6)
Unit #4 – Overlapping Revolutions
Chapters 7-8
BFW Textbook
TOPIC – Jeffersonian Democracy & Early Republic [ ]

3. C. Evidences of the Simple Styles
Republican Simplicity
Despite taking great pain to keep life simple (no pomp and circumstance like with Washington or Adams), Jefferson had expensive tastes.

4. D. Essential Principles
Principles of Jefferson
Federalists were replaced with Republicans at all offices of the federal government.
Appointment of like-minded men to Cabinet posts.

5. Thomas Jefferson 3rd President 1801—1809 Party: Democratic-Republican
Home State:
Virginia
Vice President:
Aaron Burr &
George Clinton

6. Thomas Jefferson Domestic
Reduced the size of federal government (1801)
Repealed Alien & Sedition Acts (1801)
Dealt with Marshall Court (1801—1809)
Corps of Discovery (1804—1806)
Foreign
Louisiana Purchase (1803)
Barbary War (1801—1805)
Embargo Act (1807)
Non-Intercourse Act (1809)

7. D. Essential Principles

8. III. Jefferson in Office

9. A. “Revolution of 1800” An Orderly Transfer of Power
Why was Jefferson’s inauguration a “revolution?”
“Revolution of 1800” was the transfer of power from one political party (the Federalists) to another (the Republicans).

10. A. “Revolution of 1800” Jefferson’s Role as Party Leader
Appointed James Madison as Secretary of State
Appointed Albert Gallatin as Secretary of the Treasury.
James Madison
Albert Gallatin

11. B. Jefferson & the Judiciary
Repeal of the Judiciary Act of 1801
The Republican Congress repealed the Judiciary Act of 1801which abolished circuit judgeships and other minor offices made in the last hours of the Adams presidency.
Importance of the Marbury v. Madison Ruling (1801)
Case involved William Marbury and his appointment.
The ruling initiated the Court’s power of “judicial review” which allowed the high court to declare acts unconstitutional.

12. B. Jefferson & the Judiciary
Impeachment of Justices
Jefferson was left with the increased power of Chief Justice John Marshall and the Supreme Court.
Marshall, a Federalist, was appointed to the Court by John Adams in his last days as President.
Jefferson did persuade the Republican-controlled Senate to impeach two Federalist judges, including John Pickering, for “high crime or misdemeanor.”

13. C. Conflicts with Federalist Policies
Acceptance of the National Bank
Albert Gallatin did help Jefferson to eventually accept the Bank of the United States as a necessary evil.
Repeal of the Excise Taxes
Jefferson persuaded Congress to dismantle Hamilton’s excise tax and pursue other avenues of income.
Sources of Good Revenue
Tariffs and the sell of land brought in limited revenue.

14. C. Conflicts with Federalist Policies
Treatment of the Military
Jefferson reduced the size of the army and navy and relied more on state militia’s and the creation of the “mosquito fleet” of small coastal vessels.
Slave Trade Outlawed (Effective: January 1, 1808)
Created the smuggling of slaves into the United States until 1861.

15. D. Conflict with the Barbary States
Barbary War ( )
Jefferson’s “gunboat diplomacy” eventually led to a change in policy as he committed the Navy to defending shipping rights in the Mediterranean.
“Barbary Wars” were naval conflicts against the state-sanctioned piracy of Muslim mariners operating out of the “Barbary states” (present-day Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya).

16. D. Conflict with the Barbary States

17. D. Conflict with the Barbary States

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