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__Topics that ARE ADDRESSED IN THE ANSWERS TO THE CLASS QUESTIONS__ Election of 1800 Marbury vs Madison Louisiana Purchase Lewis and Clark Expedition Barbary PiratesThomas Jefferson Pd 2

=**__ CLASS QUESTIONS __**= = __**POLITICAL**__  **Bold=Question,** Non Bold **=Answer. Opposite for personal** = =__**Were they politically involved before becoming president?**__ = =Yes, Thomas Jefferson was a very big person before and after being president. He wrote the declaration of Independence = =__**What political party did he belong to?**__ = =He was a Democratic-Republican, one of the founders in 1792.The party later split (in 1824) to form the Democratic Party and the Whig Party = =__**Why did he want to become president?**__ = =Thomas Jefferson rose to be President because he was smart and capable, and he knew that by serving as President (having been Secretary of State and Vice President), he could lead the country as well as (if not better than) anyone else at the time = = __**How did they view the role of vice president?**__ Aoron Burr would not refuse to concede to Jefferson when a tie occurred for president between them, so Jefferson naturally didn’t become so close to his vice president. = =__**How old was he when he became president?**__ = =57 = =__**How many times did he serve for? What years did he serve between?**__ = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2 = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">__**Were there wars or fighting during their presidency?**__ = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Barbary pirates from small Mohammedan countries had been attacking American ships passing their country. Jefferson stopped this activity during his presidency, but eventually the country had to fight the war of 1812 on this matter. = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">__**How did he feel about being president? What was the election like? Was it close? What issues were there?**__ = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It was a close race, in fact he and Aaron Burr tied in the electoral college and the House of Representatives had to decide, Hamilton convinced his party that Jefferson would be a lesser political evil than Burr and that such scandal within the electoral process would undermine the new constitution. So in February 17, 1801, after thirty-six ballots, the House elected Jefferson President and Burr Vice President = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">__**What Major events occurred during his presidency? How did his decision impact the US?**__ = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">this website will help you learn about Jefferson’s decision to make the Louisiana Purchase read sections two and three <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__[]__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Purchased land up to the summit of the Rocky Mountains. In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson signed a treaty with Napoleon Bonaparte that gave a giant area of land to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase. This doubled the size of America, giving the country access to the very important trade route of the Mississippi River and the port city of New Orleans. The land included in the Louisiana Purchase would eventually become thirteen new states of the Union for just pennies an acre. In 1803 Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's Corps of Discovery to find a water route to the Pacific and explore the uncharted West. He believed woolly mammoths, erupting volcanoes, and a mountain of pure salt awaited them. What they found was no less mind-boggling: some 300 species unknown to science, nearly 50 Indian tribes, and the Rockies. media type="youtube" key="OEVdgSH5Q9c" height="253" width="360" = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__**Barbary Pirates**__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**-** = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Barbary Pirates were crews from North African cities such as Tripoli and Morocco that terrorized the Mediterranean, holding merchant ships for ransom. Their government grew rich from these ransoms. America had been protected from these attacks due to protection given to them from Great Brittan and then France, but after the revolution they were left unguarded. When two American ships were held for a ransom of nearly 60 thousand dollars, Jefferson didn’t think that paying the pirates of would solve any further problems, so he argued intensely with John Adams, but he wasn’t able to do anything until he was elected. By then America had paid nearly a million dollars to the pirates. In 1801 Jefferson refused to pay the Pirates upfront cost of 250 thousand dollars in cash, so they declared war on America. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__[]__ = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">__**Were they politically active AFTER they served as president? How did this shape the US?**__ = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Thomas Jefferson founded/created the university of Virginia, Jefferson focused on creating a university free of religious involvement mainly after his presidency. = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">__**What was their leadership style like? Were they aggressive? Did they handle things on own? Did they delegate? Did they inspire?**__ = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">he was very honest, intelligent , and brave. He tended to work behind the scenes, he did not like to speak in public would send his annual messages to Congress in the form of a written document rather than delivering an oration. Henry Adams noted him to be one of those rare politicians who "dared to legislate as though eternal peace were at hand, in a world torn by wars and convulsions and drowned in blood." = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__**Were there any scandals during their presidency?**__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__[]__ = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">__**PERSONAL**__ = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What kinds of jobs did he have prior to becoming president? How did they affect his ability to govern? = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**He was a lawyer, that helped him understand the law and government before he was elected** = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What type of education did he have? Where did he go? Etc = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**He was tutored by numerous tutors and then went to the College of William and Mary when he was 16** = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What kind of family did he have? Was he married? Did he have kids? What kind of relationship did they have together? = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**He married Martha Wayles Skelton when he was 29 he had 6 kids but only 2, Martha Washington Jefferson and Mary Wayles Jefferson, survived to adulthood** = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How did his family impact his presidency? What impact? When and where was he born? = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**April 13, 1743 in a farmhouse in Virginia** = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What did he do for fun? What were his leisure activities? = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**When he was a kid he would wander the woods and study his books and nature. As well as some other instrements, Jefferson mainly played the violin. He learnd Latin and Greek** = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What healthy issues might the president have had? What was his perspective on slavery? Did he own slaves? = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**He fought against slavery, but never freed any of his own** = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">When and how did he die? = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**July 4th 1826 in Monticello, Virginia of old age and sickness** = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What were his religious beliefs? = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**He was inerested in theology, bible study, and morallity, but lead a campaign against government fanancially supporting churches** = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What about his mom/ dad/ siblings/etc.? = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**His father, Peter, died when he was 14 leaving him half of his estate,Tom was the 3rd of 10 children, only eight of which survived to adulthood. His two older sisters died making him go into a slight depression because they were his closest siblings.** = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What state was he from? Where did he live? What was his home like? = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**He is from Virginia** = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How did his income affect his presidency? Was he "financially" succesful prior or after? How did money play a role in his life? = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**His father was wealthy due to his well paying job as a surveyor, and he left Tom half of his land when he died and the rest when Tom was 21** = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Where did they live before and after being president? Where were they buried? = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Monticello near Charlottsville Virginia** = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Were they "socially awkward”? = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**He was shy in public** = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">__**Works Cited**__ = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">__[]__ = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">__[]__ = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|ww[[http://www.sparknotes.|w.sparknotes.]]]__ = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">__ http://www.acus.org/new_atlanticist/learning-barbary-pirates __ =