Ch. 10.1 - Today’s Targets: 1 – Explain how the election of 1800 was resolved

2 – Describe how events of the Jefferson era changed America

Review the 12th Amendment of the Constitution p. 289

Read “One American’s Story”, p. 339

The “Peaceful Transfer of Power”

What is it?

Modern examples in the news?

From the reading:1.Mark a positive example

2. Mark a negative example

Election of 1800

Thomas Jefferson = 73 electoral votes

John Adams = 65 electoral votes

Winner?

WAIT! “There is another . . .”Yoda, Return of the Jedi

Aaron Burr of New York = 73 electoral votes

(Federalist)

Dem.-Rep.

1800 Election Results (16 states in the Union)1800 Election Results

(16 states in the Union)

Thomas Jefferson

Virginia Democratic-Republican

73 52.9%

Aaron Burr New York Democratic-Republican

73 52.9%

John Adams Massachusetts Federalist 65 47.1%

Charles Pinckney South Carolina Federalist 64 46.4%

John Jay New York Federalist 1 0.7%

Total Number of Electors13

8

Total Electoral Votes Cast27

6

Number of Votes for a Majority

70p. 341 – America’s reaction to

Jefferson’s election

1800 Election Results1800 Election Results

AdamsAdams

JeffersonJefferson

As for Alexander Hamilton . . .

Paybacks can be killers!

Alexander Hamilton was murdered in a duelagainst Aaron Burr

The 12th Amendment p. 289

Federalists are divided in Congress; Hamilton

backs Jefferson & is elected after 36 ballots

2 parties competed Federalist = Adams

& Dem-Rep. = Jefferson

Dem-Rep. win election with top 2 vote getters:(Jefferson & Burr = 73 votes each)

House of Reps breaks tie (Federalist have majority)

Read 10.1 & sequence the eventsPresidential Election of 1800Box #

2

4

1

3

B. Feds are divided in Congress; Hamilton backs Jefferson & is elected after

36 ballots

C. 2 parties competed Federalist = Adams Dem-Rep. =

Jefferson

A. Dem-Rep. win election with top 2 vote getters: Jefferson & Burr = 73 votes

D. House of Reps breaks tie (Federalist have majority)

Presidential Election of 1800Sequence Events

1.

3.

2.

4.

12th Amendment p. 289

1. What were Jefferson’s views on the kind of country the United States ought to be?

Summarize chart of Jefferson’s presidency

2. How did Jefferson simplify the federal government?

3. Why did Jefferson have little power over the judiciary?

4. What were the results of the Supreme Court’s decision in Marbury v. Madison?

p. 341

p. 343

p. 343

p. 343

1. What were Jefferson’s views on the kind of country the United States ought to be?

• Nation of independent farmers – would build strong morals & good democratic values

• Did not like large, crowded cities – creates problems

Summarize chart of Jefferson’s presidency

2. How did Jefferson simplify the federal government?

• Ended many Federalist programs• Allowed Alien & Sedition Acts to expire• Repealed many taxes• Reduced number of federal employees & reduced size of military• Reduced the national debt

Summarize chart of Jefferson’s presidency

3. Why did Jefferson have little power over the judiciary?

Under the Judicary Act of 1801, Adams appointed as many federalist judges as possible. This created a lasting federalistinfluence long after Adams left office.How?

Summarize chart of Jefferson’s presidency

1. What do you see in the cartoon? Include objects, people, and any characteristics that seem to be

exaggerated.

2. Interpret its symbolism, meaning, and message:

4. What were the results of the Supreme Court’s decision in Marbury v. Madison? Read the case 10.1

Declared the Federal Judiciary Act, 1801 Unconstitutional therefore Marbury couldn’t sue & denied his judgeship (T.J. liked)Creates a strong, independent judicial branch (to T.J. doesn’t like)

Summarize chart of Jefferson’s presidency

Marbury v. Madison, 1803

and Judicial Review

Chief Justice John Marshall

= This principle states that the Supreme Court has the final say in interpreting the Constitution

• By establishing Judicial Review, a long lasting balance was created among the three branches of government

• A strong, independent Court was established

At a 1962 dinner for 49 Nobel laureates, President John F. Kennedy quipped that the event was:

"the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever gathered at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."

Repealed unpopular

taxes

How Dem.-Rep.Changed Govt

Reduced govt Employees, programs,& military

Reduced GovtDebt

Let Alien &Sedition Acts

expire