<p>Jefferson Essays 1. To what extent were the Jeffersonians successful in achieving their goals b/w 1801- 1809?</p><p>2. To what extent did President Jefferson stay true to the ideals he held in 1790?</p><p>3. Evaluate the relative importance of domestic and foreign in issues during 1801 and 1809.</p><p>4. By 1809, which party’s goals had prevailed in American politics: the Federalists or the Democratic -Republicans?</p><p>5. To what extent and in what ways was Jefferson’s expansionist policies successful?</p><p>Answer Notes</p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>Answer Notes 5. To what extent and in what ways was Jefferson’s expansionist policies successful?</p><p> 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</p><p>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</p>