BRIEF DESCRIPTION ABOUT THOMAS JEFFERSON, THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE, LOUIS & CLARK, THE WAR OF 1812

1. THE AGE OF JEFFERSON

2. THE AGE OF JEFFERSON

WHEN JEFFERSON
BECAME PRESIDENT,
HE WANTED TO
REDUCE THE SIZE OF
GOVERNMENT. HE
BELIEVED
GOVERNMENT
SHOULD PLAY A
SMALL ROLE.

3. THE AGE OF JEFFERSON
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HE CUT THE BUDGET.
HE GOT CONGRESS
TO REDUCE THE SIZE
OF OF THE ARMY AND
NAVY.

4. THE AGE OF JEFFERSON
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DURING JEFFERSON'S
TERM THE SUPREME
COURT GAINED
POWER.
MARBURY V MADISON
ESTBLISHED THE
PRINCIPLE OF
JUDICIAL REVIEW

5. THE AGE OF JEFFERSON


MARBURY V MADISON
ESTBLISHED THE PRINCIPLE
OF JUDICIAL REVIEW
JUDICIAL REVIEW MEANS
THE SUPREME COURT CAN
REVIEW LAWS AND
DECLARE THEM
UNCONSTITUTIONAL

6. THE AGE OF JEFFERSON
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
PRESIDENT JEFFERSON
WORRIED THAT FRANCE
MIGHT ONE DAY CLOSE THE
PORT OF NEW ORLEANS TO
AMERICANS.
PRESIDENT JEFFERSON
SENT OFFICIALS TO BUY
NEW ORLEANS FROM
FRANCE.

7. THE AGE OF JEFFERSON

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
THE FRENCH OFFERED TO
SELL ALL LOUISIANA FOR 15
MILLION
JEFFERSON AGREED TO THE
LOUISIANA PURCHASE IN
1803.
THE PURCHASE DOUBLED
THE SIZE OF THE UNITED
STATES.

8. THE AGE OF JEFFERSON


JEFFERSON ASKED
MERIWETHER LEWIS AND
WILLIAM CLARK TO
EXPLORE THE LOUISIANA
PURCHASE AND MAP A
ROUTE TO THE PACIFIC
OCEAN
LEWIS & CLARK REACHED
THE PACIFIC OCEAN IN 1805

9. THE AGE OF JEFFERSON


LEWIS AND CLARK LEFT
FROM MISSOURI
THE GATEWAY ARCH OF ST.
LOUIS IS MARKED AS THE
STARTING POINT OF THEIR
TRIP

10. THE AGE OF JEFFERSON


15 STATES WERE CREATED
OUT OF THE LOUISIANA
PURCHASE
LEWIS & CLARK COULD NOT
HAVE REACHED THE PACIFIC
OCEAN IN 1805, WITHOUT
THE ASSISTANCE OF
SACAGAWEA AND YORK

11. THE AGE OF JEFFERSON
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Sacagawea, a young Shoshone
woman, was a guide and
interpreter.
She joined the expedition at Fort
Mandan in 1805 when captains
Meriwether Lewis and William
Clark hired her husband,
Toussaint Charbonneau
She was the only female member
of the expedition, just 15 years old
when she joined the group.

12. THE AGE OF JEFFERSON

York, a slave of Captain William
Clark, became an invaluable
member of the Lewis & Clark
expedition. Because the
Western Indians had never
seen a black man, his presence
became a useful tool in
negotiations with the tribes. His
skill as a diplomat served Clark
on numerous occasions. Clark
freed York following the
expedition.

13. RESULTS OF THE WAR OF 1812

JAMES MADISON
WAS THE
PRESIDENT DURING
THE WAR OF 1812

14. RESULTS OF THE WAR OF 1812

IN 1814, BRITISH
FORCES
ATTACKED AND
BURNED
WASHINGTON D.C.

15. RESULTS OF THE WAR OF 1812

THE ATTACK ON FORT
MCHENRY, LOCATED IN
BALTIMORE, IS WHERE THE
NATIONAL ANTHEM WAS
CREATED BY FRANCIS
SCOTT KEY

16. RESULTS OF THE WAR OF 1812

RELATIONS BETWEEN THE
U.S. AND BRITAIN
RETURNED TO THE WAY
THEY HAD BEEN BEFORE
THE WAR

17. RESULTS OF THE WAR OF 1812

BEFORE ANDREW JACKSON
HEARD ABOUT THE ENDING
OF THE WAR, HE WON THE
BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS
AGAINST THE BRITISH.
MAKING HIM A FAMOUS WAR
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