6-3C (HW 1 after break) Election of 1800 Name: ___________________

I. The Election of 1800

a. In the election of 1800, __________ supported JA for a 2nd term. ____________ nominated TJ for president
and Aaron ______ as his running mate.
b. Neither JA nor TJ __________ around the country for support. Instead, hundreds of _______ were sent to
leading citizens and newspapers to make candidates views public.
c. Each side made personal ________ against the other. F’s accused TJ, who believed in freedom of religion, of
being “________”. R’s warned that the F’s favored the _______ and would bring back the monarchy.
d. Electors meet in what is known as the _______ College – there they cast the ballots.
e. At time, Constitution said that electors were to cast ____ ballots, without indicating which was for president
and which was for ____ president. In 1800, ___ cast their ballots for TJ & ____ cast ballots for Burr.
f. For _____ ballots, the election remained tied. Finally, ____ F decided not to vote for Burr (AH).
g. Because no one wanted to see another tie, Congress passed the 12th ____________ to the Constitution
h. TJ believed a large federal gov’t threatened ________ & that individual _____ could better protect freedom.
He wanted to _________ the power and size of the federal gov’t.
II. Jefferson As President
a. TJ ___________ the national debt and cut down on _________ expenses. At the same time, the gov’t got rid
of most federal ________ - only collected customs ________, or taxes on _________ goods.
b. After the elction and before TJ took office, the F’s passed an act that set up a system of _______. JA used
this act, the _________ Act of 1801, to make hundreds of _____________ in his last days as president.
c. Could not take effect until these received certain official papers, called ______________ - When TJ became
president, he told secretary of state James __________ (JM) not to deliver these.
d. One appointee who did not get his commission was William __________ - asked the Supreme ________ to
force its delivery. The Court said it did not have the _____________ - the legal authority, to force delivery.
The Court ruled that the act violated the ________________.
e. The ruling in ____________ v ____________ affected much more than his career –established the three
principles of ___________ __________
i. The ________________ is the supreme law of the land
ii. The ________________ must be followed when there is conflict with any other law
iii. The judicial branch can declare laws __________________
f. In his ____ year term as _______ justice, Marshall helped ________ the power of the court
i. ___________ vs Maryland the Court held that Congress does have implied powers and that states
cannot ______ the federal gov’t
ii. Gibbons vs ________ - Court held that federal law ___________ state law in matters affecting more
than 1 state
iii. In ______________ vs Georgia, the Court decided that ________ could not regulate Native
Americans – only the ___________ gov’t had that power