Aim: Explain the events of the election of Do Now: Why did Washington and Adams stay neutral?

 Explain the election of 1800 and the Hamilton-Burr duel.

Aim: How did Jefferson apply his views to the presidency? Do Now: How did Jefferson win the election of 1800? Take out homework

 Electoral College ◦ John Adams – 65 votes ◦ Thomas Jefferson – 73 votes ◦ Aaron Burr – 73 votes  Constitution says House of Rep. chooses pres.  Hamilton urges Representatives to vote for Jefferson ◦ Did not trust Burr  Jefferson is elected

 12 th Amendment – Vice-President is no longer the runner up in the electoral college ◦ 1804  VP is elected on the same ballot as President

 Hamilton thought Burr was dangerous for US  Helped Jefferson win presidency  Worked against Burr in a NY election ◦ Burr lost  Challenged Hamilton to a duel  Hamilton shot and dies next day (1804)

 Wanted a country of small, independent farmers ◦ Uphold morals and democracy  Democratic-Republican  Federal government should have less power  Congress repeals Alien and Sedition Acts ◦ Ends whiskey tax ◦ Reduced size of military

 “midnight judges” who were Federalist appointed by Adams at end of his presidency  Marbury appointed as one of “midnight judges”  Sec. of State Madison refuses to accept Marbury  Marbury sues Madison  *Judicial review* – Supreme Court can review a law and judge it to be unconstitutional

Aim: How was the Louisiana Purchase significant to US history? Do Now: Take out homework – Marbury v. Madison worksheet

 In the hands of Spain in 1800  Allowed U.S. to use the Mississippi River ◦ Farmers ship goods  Trade in New Orleans  Vital to farmers’ economic survival

 1802 – Spain does not allow U.S. goods to move into or past New Orleans  Spain cedes (gives) Louisiana Territory to France  Jefferson sends minister to France ◦ Offer $10 million for New Orleans and West Florida

 France willing to sell all of Louisiana Territory  Agreed on $15 million for purchase  Benefits of territory ◦ Cheap land (3 cents an acre) ◦ *Doubled size of country* ◦ U.S. control of Mississippi

 Was the purchasing of land by the President legal under the Constitution?  By what authority could Jefferson justify the Louisiana Purchase?  Government’s treaty making powers  Senate approval in 1803  Too good of an opportunity to pass up

 Gather information about new land ◦ Plants, Animals, Future fort locations  Find a Northwest Passage?  Dangers – Native Americans, weather, animals

 Meriwether Lewis  William Clark  Detailed journal accounts  Crew of 45 men ◦ River men ◦ Gunsmiths ◦ Carpenters ◦ Scouts ◦ Cook

 Encountered many Native American groups  Sacagawea – Shoshone woman who joined the expedition as a guide  4,000 miles of traveling until reach Pacific Ocean  Spent the winter on coast of the Pacific

NOVEMBER 24, 1805 NOVEMBER 24, 1805 To make the crucial decision of where to spend the winter, the captains decide to put the matter to a vote. Clark’s slave, York, is allowed to vote – nearly 60 years before slaves in the U.S. would be freed Sacagawea, the Indian woman, votes too – more than a century before either women or Indians are granted the full rights of citizenship.