Transcript President George Washington

The first 5 POTUS’
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George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson (Secretary of State)
James Madison (Secretary of State)
James Monroe (Secretary of State)
President
Thomas
Jefferson
You have 10 seconds…
1. What is the first and last name
of the President of the United
States in 2013?
2. What is the first and last name
of the Vice-President of the
United States in 2013?
So which position makes
you more famous?
The Election of 1800
Between
John Adams
Federalist – ______________
Demo-Repub – _______________
Thomas Jefferson
Demo-Repubs thought they were saving the
monarchy Federalists
U.S. from a _________.
TJ and his supporters
thought that ___
radical for the nation.
were too ________
A tie?
• Demo-Repubs won the presidency!
73 electoral votes but John
TJ got ________________,
65 electoral votes
Adams only got _________________.
Aaron Burr
• BUT, ____________,
a Demo-Repub
73 electoral votes
also received __________________!
• The Constitution says in the event of a
House of
____
TIE for President, the __________
Representatives will break the tie
_______________
vote
with their ______.
Breaking the tie…
Federalists
• The _____________
were still in power
(even though most of them were about to
get kicked out)in the House and did not like
either option, but this was their only
choice.
• In come the secret ballots.
• They thought Aaron Burr was
unreliable
__________....
Hamilton said, “if there is
a man in the world I ought hate, it would be
TJ…but the public good must be every
private consideration.”
Finally!
36 times to
• The House voted ___________
TJ for Pres
finally settle on _____________
and
Burr for V.P
______________…
Woo-hoo!!!!!
So what about Burr?
• Jefferson never trusts him.
• Burr will not get to run again for
President or Vice-President
• Burr runs for Governor of NY…his
home state…loses because of
Hamilton.
The Duel
• Burr never forgot the insult and killed
Hamilton later in a duel.
1801-1809
• _______President
third
of the United
States
• He was a _____________________
Democratic-Republican
Remember: What do Democratic Republicans believe?
state
T.J. Felt that the _______
governments should have more power,
the federal government should be
money
small
_______,
not spend much ________
limited
and be _________
in its power
State
Government
federal government
Those foreign wars Washington
warned us about…
• England and France were still at war, each
country did not want us to ______
trade with
their enemies, so they seized (took) our
__________________
Ships and sailors
Embargo Act
• A ______
forbidding Americans to
law
_______________,
with anyone, anywhere
trade goods
• passed because TJ thought this would cut off
___________
War
supplies to the fighting countries.
The Problem?
damaging to the
• The Law was more ___________
American shipping business than loosing the
repeal (take back) the
ships, so he had to ________
embargo.
Think About it???
• What did the DemocraticRepublicans want the economy of
the United States based upon?
• What do you need then?
Louisiana Purchase
Mississippi River and the
• the region between the _________________
Rocky Mountains
_________________________
1803
• bought from France in _______for
$15 million
doubled
• ____________
the size of the United States
farmers
• ___________could
now use the Mississippi River to
ship their crops to distant markets
Why was this purchase a tough
decision for T.J.?
• Think about his political party and
• How he wants to read the Constitution
T.J.’s party wanted powers written in the
Constitution “word for word” and buying
land is not in the Constitution.
Welcome to Party Politics
•Marbury v. Madison
William
Marbury
________
Was appointed
justice of the
peace by President
Adams right
before leaving
office as
president to fill
positions with
____________.
federalists
James
Madison
New
secretary
of State
for
President
Jefferson
Marbury vs. Madison
• Jefferson told _________,
Madison
his
Secretary of State, not to let Marbury
have the job.
So, what does every
good American do when
they feel someone has
“wronged” them?
Marbury _______
sued
to get his job back
Marbury lost, but…
• The case established a process called,
“Judicial review”
_________________
Supreme
• A process where the ___________
Court
president and laws
reviews actions of the ___________
passed by__________.
congress
Judicial Review
• If the laws or actions do ______
NOT agree with
the writings or “spirit” of the constitution, the
unconstitutional
court can declare them ________________.
How does this ruling effect the
government?
Executive
Legislative
• This ruling increased the
power of the
________
Supreme Court and makes
the three branches of the
U.S. government more
balanced
“_____________.”
Judicial