They tie, and Hamilton and Adams campaign for Jefferson, and he wins over Burr. ... The Barbary Pirates start looting American ships and the head of Tripoli government cuts down the flag of American Consulate which was a direct war suggestion. ... Burr challenges Hamilton to a duel. Alexander Hamilton dies after being shot in the duel at Weehawken, New Jersey. ... The British claimed that 4 on the American ship were deserters. ...

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Federalism The United States of America has been a prosperous and productive nation under federalism for the past 200 years. ... Alexander Hamilton concurred by stating that the people would sustain a balance between national and state power. ...

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The United States of America has been a prosperous and productive nation under federalism for the past 200 years. ... Alexander Hamilton concurred in Federalist No. 28 by stating that the people would sustain a balance between national and state power. ...

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She was just one American who demonstrated her rights. ... Kennedy to send congress a bill on June 19, 1963 offering legal protection to African Americans and also offering them the same rights white Americans did. ... That is what it is to be an American. ... Embracing America is like taking on multiple cultures at once. ... You wouldn't have had a duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton if it had not been for the differences of opinions they shared about their ideas. ...

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John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison wrote a series of essays and published them as The Federalist Papers. ... Their strategy was to portray America in crisis. The point to a stagnant American economy, potential for revolt and social anarchy, and to the contempt other nations showed towards this new nation. ...

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Roosevelt had to make a decision regarding how to handle the sizable Japanese-American population on the west coast. ... As Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist #74, "The direction of war implies the direction of the common strength; and the power of directing and employing the common strength, forms a usual and essential part in the definition of the executive authority"6. This is Hamilton invoking the idea of plenary authority. What this essentially means is that Hamilton would vest in the President complete unitary power to deploy and command the military as he or she sees fit i...

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Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, the two people whose names appear in the names of the aforementioned political parties, were also very different from each other as well. ... This outrageous law clearly violated the American tradition of open-door friendliness and rapid assimilation. ... This law also seemed contradictory to American tradition and to the Constitution. ...

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The Federalist Party was led by Alexander Hamilton. ... Westward expansion was very important to the government leaders and the American people. Under Jefferson's presidency, the national domain of America was doubled in size. ... This act prohibited American ships from leaving the United States. ... This act hurt American merchants and ship owners because they were not abl...

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The proper interpretation of the Necessary and Proper Clause was the subject of a heated debate between such important figures as Alexander Hamilton (who argued that the clause should be read broadly to authorize the exercise of many implied powers) and Thomas Jefferson (who argued that "necessary" really meant necessary). Hamilton's more flexible interpretation makes possible a strong central government, whereas Jefferson's narrower interpretation strengthens states' rights. ... Congress has, of course, with the blessing of the Supreme Court, used the commerce clause to extend...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate