1. Jefferson Becomes our 3 rd President in 1800 Look! That’s me!!!

2. In the 3 rd Presidential election of 1800 there were two political parties going head to head. - Federalists - Democratic-Republicans

3. The Election of 1800 FEDERALISTS DEMOCRATIC- REPUBLICANS JOHN ADAMS THOMAS JEFFERSON

4. Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr ( both Democratic Republicans ) were tied with 73 electoral college votes. Someone better break this tie! Let’s call Congress!

5. The House of Representatives voted to break the tie. It took us 36 votes but we finally have a decision. Jefferson is the new president! It’s about time!

6. This was the first time that one party had replaced another in power in the United States. Goodbye, Federalists! Goodbye, Federalists!

7. The 12 th Amendment Created a separate ballot for president and vice president.

8. Jefferson Wanted a Smaller Federal Government

9. He lowered military spending.

10. Allowed the Alien and Sedition Acts to expire.

11. He lowered domestic taxes like the whiskey tax.

12. Jefferson’s talents and interests included: Lawyer

13. ARCHITECTURE INVENTOR

14. BOOK COLLECTOR MUSICIAN

15. ASTRONOMER PLANT SCIENTIST

16. JOHN MARSHALL – a Federalist- appointed Supreme Court judge for over 30 years

17. MARBURY VS. MADISON Was a case that established the concept of “judicial review”

18. JUDICIAL REVIEW Means that the Supreme Court has the final say in interpreting the Constitution. (can declare an act of congress unconstitutiona l)

19. ***Jefferson wanted a calm America Thought the nation would be better off with a nation of farmers

20. ***Jefferson wanted to make government smaller – less taxes, less federal employees, less government programs