Chapter 11

The Triumph of Jeffersonian Democracy, 1800-1809

Study Guide

1. Indicate how Jefferson’s moderation and compromises turned the “Revolution of 1800” into a relatively smooth transition of party control from Federalists to

Republicans.

2. Describe the conflicts between Federalists and Republicans over the judiciary and the important legal precedents that developed from these conflicts.

3. Describe Jefferson’s basic foreign-policy goals and how he attempted to achieve them.

4. Analyze the causes and effects of the Louisiana Purchase.

5. Describe how American became entangled against its will in the turbulent international crisis of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars.

6. Describe the original intentions and actual results of Jefferson’s embargo, and explain why it failed.

Identification

Thomas Jefferson

Albert Gallatin

John Marshall

Marbury v. Madison

Samuel Chase

Pasha of Tripoli

Napoleon Bonaparte

Robert Livingston

Lewis and Clark

Aaron Burr

Chesapeake affair

Embargo Act of 1807

Non-Intercourse Act

Orders in Council

Judicial review

Embargo

Impressment