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The Jefferson Era

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    A little game to review the presidency of Thomas Jefferson
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  • In the presidential election of 1800, Republicans Thomas Jefferson and ______________ each received the same number of electoral votes.
    Aaron Burr
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  • The ______________________ broke the tie in the election of 1800 when Jefferson won on the thirty-sixth vote.
    House of Representatives
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  • Jefferson wanted to limit the power of the national ____________.
    Government
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  • Under Jefferson, Congress allowed the ___________ to expire.
    Alien and Sedition Acts
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  • Chief Justice _____________ wrote the Supreme Court opinion that established the Court's power to check the power of the other branches of government.
    John Marshall
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  • _________________ was an important Supreme Court ruling because it confirmed the Court's power to declare acts of Congress illegal.
    Marbury v. Madison
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  • The principle of ____________ made the judiciary a much stronger part of the national government.
    Judicial review
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  • The ___________________ nearly tripled the size of the United States
    Louisiana Purchase
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  • This law passed in 1807 greatly damaging American trade and hurt President Jefferson's popularity
    Embargo Act
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