| A | B |
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| No candidate (Burr, Adams, Jefferson) received a majority of electoral votes in the Election of 1800 | The House of Representatives determined with the winner of the Election of 1800 |
| The ratification of the Twelfth Amendment in 1804 | Improved the election process because electors cast separate votes for President and Vice President |
| Thomas Jefferson's inaugural speech- "We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists…" | Fulfilled the "Revolution of 1800" by demonstrating the incoming regime would not be vindictive against its rivals |
| The Judiciary Act of 1789 | Created the framework for the federal court system |
| The Federalists realizing they needed to maintain control of at least one branch of government: the Supreme Court | The Judiciary Act of 1801 is passed by the Federalists during John Adams' lame-duck period to increase the number of justices |
| John Marshall's term as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court | The Supreme Court increased the power of itself, the federal government, and protected commercial/business interests |
| Marbury v. Madison (1803) | Clarified and established the precedent that the Supreme Court had the power of judicial review to determine the constitutionality of laws |
| Jeffersonian hatred of the Federalist-dominated judiciary | The impeachment of Samuel Chase |
| Jefferson building up the Navy to send to the Mediterranean | The Barbary Pirates ceased to be a problem and the U.S. no longer needed to pay tribute |
| The French gained control of Louisiana from Spain | Greatly alarmed Jefferson and he sought out ways to acquire Louisiana |
| The French disaster in Santo Domingo and resumption of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe | Napoleon decided to sell New Orleans and the rest of Louisiana to the United States |
| The Louisiana Purchase | The United States gained control of New Orleans and doubled the size of the United States without firing a shot |
| The impact of being President on Jefferson's constitutional views | Jefferson's strict construction was tested when he purchased Louisiana despite not specifically authorized in the Constitution |
| Alexander Hamilton hating and fearing Aaron Burr, helping deny him the presidency in 1800, and saying things that tarnished Burr's honor | Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel |
| Great Britain winning supremacy of the seas at Trafalgar and France winning control of continental Europe at Austerlitz | The "Tiger" and the "Shark" cannot directly get at each other so they impose the Continental System and the Orders-in-Council respectively |
| Harsh treatment of its sailors, the need to man His Majesty's Royal Navy | Great Britain commonly impressed American sailors |
| The Chesapeake Affair | The Jefferson Administration passed the Embargo Act |
| The Embargo Act | Severely hurt U.S. trade, especially in New England, but Jefferson's policy of peaceable coercion was effective in avoiding war |
| The Non-Intercourse Act | Failed to remedy the flaws of the Embargo Act by allowing trade with all nations besides Britain and France |
| Failure of both the Embargo Act and the Non-Intercourse Act | Macon's Bill #2 was passed offering an end on trade restrictions on either France or Britain if they dropped theirs on the U.S. |
