The Louisiana Purchase

The Louisiana Purchase

Tuesday January 12, 2021

Multiple Choice

In what year did the Louisiana Purchase take place?

• 1776
• 1787
• 1803
• 1812

Open Ended

How does geography influence the way people live? Or where they choose to live?

What was the Louisiana Purchase?

It only costed 15 million dollars

Perhaps one of the greatest deals in history

• The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 was a land deal between the United States and France,

• The Louisiana Purchase gave the United States about 828,000 square miles of territory from France, 

• This purchase doubled the size of the U.S.

Because Jefferson was so familiar with the French:

• He understood the potential military danger France posed if they controlled the Mississippi River.

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Open Ended

What sort of danger could the French cause if they controlled the Mississippi River?

Marbury Vs. Madison

February 24, 1803

This is the first time an Act was declared unconstitutional

• the U.S. Supreme Court first declared an act of Congress unconstitutional

Marbury Vs Madison

• This case arose after Jefferson blocked Adams commissions for Marbury to become a judge.

• Adams had appointed Marbury a judge in his last days in office

Remember President John Adams : Tried to do everything he could to keep federalist power in office even after his term was up.

That plan backfired

Background on this case:

•  William Marbury, was a Federalist Party leader from Maryland

• He grew angry that he did not receive his commissions before Jefferson took office.

• Once Jefferson took office, he told James Madison ( he was secretary of state) to hold onto the commissions

• Marbury petitioned the Supreme Court, he wanted to be a judge badly

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Open Ended

Who decides that laws are unconstitutional?

So what did the Supreme Court decide?

• held that it could not order the surrender of the commission 

• Meaning it could not Order Jefferson to grant the commission

• Granting the commission would go against the law and be unconstitutional.

Open Ended

What are midnight judges?

Open Ended

Since Marbury was appointed by John Adams to be commissioned as a judge, do you think the Supreme court should have allowed him to be a judge?

Multiple Choice

The name of the event that caused the court case Marbury V madison

• Midnight Appoitnments
• Midnight Ride
• Operation take control of courts
• John Adams hates Thomas Jefferson

Multiple Choice

Which court case establishes Judicial Review?

• Mculloh V Maryland

• Marbury V Madison

• Plessy V Ferguson

• Hamilton V Jefferson