Unit 4 GROWTH OF THE YOUNG NATION Topics

Unit 4: GROWTH OF THE YOUNG NATION Topics 2 -4 Topic 2: Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe (Nationalism, Growth & Foreign Policy) Topic 3: The Marshall Court (Judicial Nationalism) Topic 4: The Age of Jackson

Federalists vs. Republicans John Adams and the Federalists were in power after President Washington’s term. Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic – Republicans formed an opposition party because they were upset with the Alien & Sedition Acts and a “Quasi-War” with France. 1. What was Thomas Jefferson’s party? 2. Which party did farmers and Southerners generally support? 3. Why did Jefferson form an opposition party?

NATIONALISM: Caring About the Whole Country…(not just your part) Ø Ø Ø So we’ve created a country & a government…now what? ? How will we grow? What’s our role in the world? How will federalism actually work in practice? Who gets to participate?

• Lets the Alien & Sedition Acts expire • Cuts all internal taxes • Uses tariffs and sales of Western land to reduce the National Debt Thomas Jefferson

• Barbary pirates from North Africa attack US ships & demand tributes • Jefferson sent the USS Constitution & orders a blockade • The pirates sign a treaty which ends all tribute payments

A. The Louisiana Purchase • France owns the land but Napoleon is broke and wants to sell it. • Jefferson is not sure the Constitution allows him to buy land. . . but it’s such a great deal! • He uses his treaty-making power to buy it for $15 million in 1803–

• TJ ordered Lewis & Clark to explore territory west of the Mississippi – all the way to the Pacific Ocean • Sacajawea hired as a guide & translator • They reach the Pacific in Nov. 1805 Clip • Opens the way to settlement & claim

The Louisiana Purchase – L&C