U.S. History | Presidency of Thomas Jefferson

Summarize videos instantly with our Course Assistant plugin, and enjoy AI-generated quizzes: bit.ly/ch-ai-asst Learn all about the presidency of Thomas Jefferson in just a few minutes! Professor Christopher E. Manning of Loyola University of Chicago details the election of 1800, the establishment of judicial review through the Marbury v. Madison ruling, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Corps of Discovery led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.
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• The development and growth of slavery in the Americas
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• The Committees of Correspondence, the Continental Congress, and the Constitutional Convention
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• Federalist and Anti-Federalist political parties
• Leaders like Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and others
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• The Anaconda Plan, Bull Run, Gettysburg Address, General Robert E. Lee and General Ulysses S. Grant
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Louisiana Purchase 2:21

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