1. to What Extent Were the Jeffersonians Successful in Achieving Their Goals B/W 1801-1809?

Jefferson Essays 1. To what extent were the Jeffersonians successful in achieving their goals b/w 1801- 1809?

2. To what extent did President Jefferson stay true to the ideals he held in 1790?

3. Evaluate the relative importance of domestic and foreign in issues during 1801 and 1809.

4. By 1809, which party’s goals had prevailed in American politics: the Federalists or the Democratic -Republicans?

5. To what extent and in what ways was Jefferson’s expansionist policies successful?

Answer Notes

1. To what extent were the Jeffersonians successful in achieving their goals b/w 1801-1809? Success Failure  Revolution of 1800  Marbury v. Madison 1802  Expiration of Alien and Sedition Acts  Impeachment Samuel Chase  Change in Naturalization Act  Burr Hamilton NY Conspiracy  Louisiana Purchase 1803 1804 shows dissatisfaction o Lewis & Clark 1804 – Sacajawea  Challenges to U.S. neutrality Agrarian empire o from Fr. & Br  Prevention of Aaron Burr conspiracy o Chesapeake Leopard out west 1809 Affair 1807  Reduction of army/navy o Embargo Act 1807  Success against Barbary Pirates 1801-05  Kept B-FAT of Hamilton’s econ. plan  Vetoed the excise tax  *reduced debt  *balance budget – Gallatin Sec. of Treasury Answer Notes 2. To what extent did President Jefferson stay true to the ideals he held in 1790? Stayed True with…. Deviated with…..  Revolution of 1800  Challenges to U.S. neutrality  Expiration of Alien and Sedition Acts from Fr. & Br  Change in Naturalization Act o Chesapeake Leopard  Louisiana Purchase 1803 Affair 1807 o Lewis & Clark 1804 – Sacajawea o Embargo Act 1807 o Agrarian empire  Louisiana Purchase 1803  Reduction of army/navy o Lewis & Clark 1804 –  Vetoed the excise tax Sacajawea  *reduced debt o Agrarian empire  *balance budget – Gallatin Sec. of Treasury Kept B-FAT of Hamilton’s  wanted to “win” case of econ. plan Marbury v. Madison but lost – o Va & Ky Resolutions

Answer Notes 3. Evaluate the relative importance of domestic and foreign in issues during 1801 and 1809.  Revolution of 1800  Challenges to U.S. neutrality  Expiration of Alien and Sedition Acts from Fr. & Br  Change in Naturalization Act o Chesapeake Leopard  Louisiana Purchase 1803 Affair 1807 o Lewis & Clark 1804 – Sacajawea o Embargo Act 1807 o Agrarian empire  Louisiana Purchase 1803  Reduction of army/navy o Lewis & Clark 1804 –  Vetoed the excise tax Sacajawea  *reduced debt o Agrarian empire  *balance budget – Gallatin Sec. of Treasury Kept B-FAT of Hamilton’s  Marbury v. Madison– econ. plan o Va & Ky Resolutions  Prevention of Aaron Burr conspiracies – 1804 and 1809 A Answer Notes 4. By 1809, which party’s goals had prevailed in American politics: the Federalists or the Democratic -Republicans? Democratic-Republicans Federalists  Revolution of 1800  Aaron Burr conspiracies  Expiration of Alien and Sedition Acts 1804 & 1809  Change in Naturalization Act  Marbury v. Madison but lost  Louisiana Purchase 1803 – o Lewis & Clark 1804 – Sacajawea o Va & Ky Resolutions o Agrarian empire  Challenges to U.S. neutrality  Reduction of army/navy from Fr. & Br  Vetoed the excise tax o Chesapeake Leopard  *reduced debt Affair 1807  *balance budget – Gallatin Sec. of Treasury o Embargo Act 1807  Kept B-FAT of Hamilton’s econ. plan

Answer Notes 5. To what extent and in what ways was Jefferson’s expansionist policies successful?

 Louisiana Purchase 1803 o Lewis & Clark 1804 – Sacajawea o Agrarian empire Expansionism becomes prime goal of Jeffersonians Federalist like expansion too but: • In Old Northwest not the South • Northwest not subdued until Battle of Fallen Timbers 1794 • Southern conquest difficult b/c Spanish presence La. Purchase 1803 changed all of that Historically stunning achievement - no society ever had indefinite expansion and hemisphere supremacy w/out building strong centralized state (big armies, big navies, big taxation) Lewis & Clark 1804 – Sacajawea Agrarian empire

Hard side of Expansionism – Removal of Amerindians, blacks, & Spanish in Florida – Empire for liberty was for whites only - Barbary Wars - attempt to expand agriculture empire