Apush dbq with respect to the federal constitution, the jeffersonian republicans are usually characterized as strict constructio
nists who were opposed to the broad constructionism of the federalists. to what extent was this characterization of the two parties accurate during the presidencies of jefferson and madison?
<span>This tone of strict construction of the Constitution was fairly consistent with the interpretation of the Constitution. A primary example of this would be the case Marbury v. Madison, in which the Supreme Court gave itself the right to Judicial Review. This mean that instead of giving the Federal Government a wide and vague range of power, the Supreme Court would act as a check and balance to that power.</span>
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law on May 28, 1830, by United States President Andrew Jackson. The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for white settlement of their ancestral lands.
