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Chapter 10
Judicial reveiw ect.
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History
8th Grade
02/12/2008

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Define: Demorcratic
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Ensuring all people have the same rights- Jefferson was more deomcratic then Washington or Adams.
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Define: Laissez faire
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French term for "let alone"- a gov't that follows a laissez faire policy interferes very little in the economy
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Define: Judicial Reveiw
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The right of the Supreme Court to decide whether laws passed by congress are constitutional
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Thomas Jefferson
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3rd president of the US, republican, more informal then Washington and Adams before him.
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John Marshall

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Federalist, Supreme Court CHIEF justice suring jefferson's administration.
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James Madison

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Thomas Jefferson's Secretary of State- sued by William Marbury
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What changes did Thomas Jefferson make?
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  • Cut Gov't expenses
  • Cut size of gov't
  • Repealed unpopular whiskey tax
  • Fired all rederal tax collectors
  • Stopped prosecutuions under the sedition Act
  • Had congress return the law allowing immigrants to become citizens after 5 years
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What federalist policies did TJ continue?
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  • Bank of the US
  • Federal Gov't contined to pay off state debts
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Before leaving office in 1800, how did the federalists establish their party's influence over the federal court system?
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