The election of 1800 was fiercely contested and facilitated the rise of the two-party system and bitter partisanship.
Upon entering office, Jefferson focused on reducing the national debt he had inherited from his predecessors. His administration lowered excise taxes while slashing government spending. Additionally, the Jefferson administration reduced the size of the Navy, ultimately bringing the national debt down from $83 to $57 million. Foreign developments, however, including the intensification of piracy along the Barbary Coast, would necessitate the rebuilding of the Navy and its establishment as a permanent part of the US government.
Jefferson dealt with two major challenges to US authority: piracy along the Barbary Coast of North Africa, and British impressment, which resulted in Jefferson instating a mass embargo of European goods, the Embargo Act of 1807.
Jefferson authorized the Louisiana Purchase, which effectively doubled the territory of the United States.
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Burr was a Democratic-Republican. The Democratic-Republicans supported government authority being dispersed among the people at a more local level. Hamilton was a Federalist. Federalists favored a strong, centralized federal government.
A. George W. Bush lost the popular vote, but won the presidency.
Search-and-destroy missions in Vietnam were largely unsuccessful. This is because new and larger reinforcements of Viet-Kongs moved in as soon as American forces departed. As such, these missions did not stem the flow of refugees.
<span>They viewed them as heresy and evil for them to eradicate and replace with their own benevolent and true God.</span>
