Exam 9: Republicans Take Over

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The ideal answer should include:
a.The Louisiana Purchase stands out as one of Jefferson's greatest achievements.
b.It increased the size of the United States and ensured sufficient land for generations of Americans to come.
c.It oriented America's future westward.
d.The trial of Aaron Burr reflects one of the low points during Jefferson's presidency.
e.He lost the legal battle to convict his political enemy of treason.
f.The Embargo Act was a failure: it had no effect on Britain and France,and it damaged American economic interests.

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The ideal answer should include:
a.As an intellectual,he engaged in mental labor; as a farmer,he engaged in manual labor.
b.As the author of the Declaration of Independence,he espoused the universal equality of man; as a slaveholder,he participated in a system that denied the universal equality of man.
c.He criticized political parties,but he was the founder of the Republican Party.
d.He was a strict constructionist,but he exceeded his constitutional authority when he purchased Louisiana from France.
e.He had opposed the Alien and Sedition Acts under the Federalist administration,but once in power,he used his presidential authority to go after his political enemy,Aaron Burr.