Assignment task: Reading Journal - The Jeffersonian Era
Q1. Who did Thomas Jefferson defeat in the election of 1800?
Q2. Who killed Alexander Hamilton? Why?
Q3. What did the Twelfth Amendment call for?
Q4. Who was "Jefferson and Liberty" for?
Q5. According to Greene, was Thomas Jefferson was a supporter of African American rights?
Q6. What evidence does Greene offer supporting the claim that slaves wanted liberty?
Q7. What kind of government did Jefferson want?
Q8. Who was the most influential Supreme Court Justice in early American History?
Q9. What did the decision in Marbury v. Madison accomplish?
Q10. How much did the Louisiana Purchase cost?
Q11. Why, according to Greene, did Jefferson make this purchase?
Q12. What did the embargo do to the American economy?
Q13. Did Jefferson contract or expand the role of the US government?