Foreign and Domestic Policies
What country's pirates did Jefferson have to start war with after they plundered American merchant ships?
Tripoli (Libya) Pirates
Who did Jefferson succeed as the second minister of France?
Benjamin Franklin
Name one of Jefferson's two vice presidents.
Aaron Burr (1801-05)
George Clinton (1805-09)
Name one of Jefferson's two intentions with the expansion of American territory westward.
1. Help America have more freedom involving foreign powers.
2. To unite the country's power.
Which president died the same day and year as him?
John Adams
What did Jefferson ban from U.S. ports?
British Ships
What American Political Job was Jefferson the first of?
Secretary of State
What did Jefferson tell America in his first Inaugural Address about the government?
It was the strongest government on Earth.
Who are the two people Jefferson tasked with exploring the westward lands?
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
Name at least one thing Jefferson invented
1. Jefferson disk (Wheel Cypher)
2. Swivel Chair
3. Macaroni Machine
When did the Louisiana Purchase occur? (Go down to the month)
April 1803
How much did Thomas reduce the national debt buy? (in fractions)
A third (1/3)
Who caused Jefferson to become Third President and Burr to become Vice President?
Alexander Hamilton
What was the big ideology which spurred westward expansion to expand to the west?
Manifest Destiny
How many children did Thomas Jefferson have?
10
Which tax unpopular to the Westerners did Jefferson eliminate?
The Whiskey Tax
What is Jefferson most notably the author of?
Declaration of Independence
What is the nickname of Democratic-Republicans named after Jefferson?
Jeffersonian-Republicans
What issues does Manifest Destiny touch on? Name 3.
Morality, race, religion, money, patriotism.
Where (Which State)/When did Jefferson die?
1743, Virginia
You saw above that Jefferson eliminated the Whiskey Tax, but what other taxes did he eliminate? (Name one of the two)
House Tax
Slave Tax
Who informed Jefferson about events happening in America?
James Madison
What kind of farmers did Jefferson want serving as his political and economical backbone?
You found before that the big ideology which spurred westward expansion to expand to the west was Manifest Destiny, but what is Manifest Destiny?
the ideology that the U.S. had God's Permission to expand west.
Where (Which State)/when did Jefferson die?
July 4 1826, Virginia