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Jefferson was also reelected → 2nd term was marked by growing difficulties
Election of 1808→ Madison won the election against Federalist, Charles Pinckney
Changes in Democratic-Republican Party
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Barbary pirates → to protect US merchant ships from barbary states they had to pay tribute to the governments
Tripoli demands a higher sum in tribute → Jefferson refused + sent a small fleet for 4 years
Challenges to US Neutrality → Napoleonic wars dominated Europe
France + Britain attempted a naval blockade of opponents
The British practice of capturing US sailors that claimed to be British citizens and impressing them to serve British
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair→ British warship (leopard) fired on US warship (Chesapeake) → Anti-British sentiment ran high
Embargo Act 1807
Nonimportation Acts 1809
Non-Intercourse Act → opens trade with all nations except France + GB
Macon’s Bill No.2→ If one nation was willing to restore US trade they have to respect neutral sea rights
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Cotton and the south
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Economic and Social Mobility
Shift in economy → created a small class of people who were very wealthy and growing middle class
An increasing number of union workers joined unions + participated in strikes
Commonwealth v. Hunt: ruled that labor unions were not inherently illegal organizations and that workers had the right to strike.
10 Hour workday for industrial workers
Improvement limited by periodic depressions, employers + court hostile to unions, abundant supply of low-wage workers
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Rise of A Democratic Society
Two Party system
Revivalism on the frontier
Baptists and Methodist
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Changes in Families and Roles of Women
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