Question

Read the excerpt from Jefferson’s Inaugural Address. “With all these blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and a prosperous people? Still one thing more, fellow citizens—a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.” Which identifies a presidential action taken by Jefferson that reflects his attempt to realize the goals expressed in the excerpt?

Answer 1

It’s clearly simple reflects as in cause and it’s the question he asked what is more necessary to make us happy and a prosperous people

Answer 2

Answer:

A presidential action taken by Jefferson that reflects his attempt to realize the goals expressed in the excerpt was the derogation of many federal taxes, as the excerpt talks about a government that "shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned”.

Explanation:

During the presidency of Jefferson, many federal taxes were repealed, and he tried to base his economic policy mainly on the customs revenue. He indicted people who had been imprisoned under the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, approved under the mandate of John Adams, on the grounds that they were unconstitutional. The Judicial Act of 1801 was repealed and many of the "midnight judges" of Adams were expelled. He began and won the war in Tripoli (1801-1805), the first significant war outside the United States, and established the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1802.