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14 Cards in this Set
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Thomas Jefferson
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-3rd president elected in 1800 election
-Republican-democrat -runs agains Aaron Burr -Gets rid off all Acts emposed by Hamilton except the naturalization act -He serves 2 terms in office -leaves country in good condition |
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Midnight Appointments
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ON his last day Jhon adams apoints federal judges to office to give them more power and to challenge jefferson.
-He does it while congress is in reses and not have to go thru congress approval |
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William Marbury
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Nominated by Adams as a judge, but never gets to appoint him. He gets caught by before taking the bench.
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Marbury vs. Madison
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first supreme court case
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Judicial Review
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give the right to judges to go over previous cases, so when a case similar comes along they know how to rule.
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12th Amendment
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Election of presidents and vice presidents
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Aaron Burr
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-Runs agains Jefferson in the 1800 election
-gets elected Vice-president -jefferson doesn't elect him as his vp during his 2nd term. -He gets upset leaves ad goes back to NY to run for governor but doesnt win. -gets in a duel with Alexander Hamilton where he kills him by shooting twice. Hides and is later found by military. He is put on trail but a federal judge gives verdict and is found not guilty. |
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The Duel
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Aaron Burr vs. Alexader Hamilton
-meet int he woods, have two guns, its a secret, hamilton shoots first but shoots 2 times in the air. burr shoots hamilton 2 times int he chest. burr is a wanted men, he leaves and hides with indians in Arizona. Militia later finds him, he is put on trial and found not guilty by a federal judge |
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Napoleon Bonapart
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-French Dictator
-sells the entire louisiana territory for 15 mill to the U.S. because he needs money for the war with england. |
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Louisiana Purchase
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Piece of land owned by the French
-Jefferson buys it for 15 million to Napoleon |
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Meriwether Lewis & William Clark
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-1805-06 start expedition
-are chosen by Jefferson to lead the expedition to explore the new land known as the Louisiana purchase across the Mississippi river. -have great success, they send jefferson boxes of plants, fur, crops. |
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Embargo Act
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Act passed by congress that prohibits exportation. U.S. would not trade with England or other countries if they didn't pay the high taxes imposed. But it backfired by hurting our economy and ports
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James Madison
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4th president in the 1808 election
-Proposed the virginia plan -Writer of the Federalist papers -good friend to jefferson -doesn't like the banking system because of corruption -he enherits problem w/ britain but does not go to war. |
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war of 1812
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Madison is president; he had had enough of Egland.
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