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Which of these presidents was most similar to thomas jefferson

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in his interpretation of the constitution And here you potential

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answers melanie and your abraham for england Right All right

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Well what do we know about thomas jefferson Well he's

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on the nickel the two dollar bill and mount rushmore

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So he's got a great publicist that's for sure Jefferson

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also favored a limited central government in a strict construction

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of the constitution which basically means that he wanted to

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go by the letter of the law No silly interpretive

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stuff you hear was the president on this list with

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the closest constitutional ties to jefferson a john adams Well

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actually john adams was an o g member of the

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federalist party which opposed jefferson's democratic republicans at every turn

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federalists wanted a powerful national government involved in aggressive economic

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development Even if those rolls weren't explicitly laid out in

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the constitution did jefferson share the same constitutional philosophy as

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c abraham lincoln Who boy will lincoln did all he

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could to strengthen the federal government passed the boundaries of

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the constitution but for good measure he was trying to

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hold the country together during the civil war so we

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can secede from c as well Was jefferson on the

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same constitutional page as de franklin roosevelt Remember jefferson wanted

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to follow the constitution down to the very last letter

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and roosevelt created all those alphabet agencies during the new

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deal triple a c c c f d bp and

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tv a that redefined how the government provided for its

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citizens so we'll get rid of d too and how

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about a barack obama Well actually obama has also worked

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during his presidency to strengthen the role of the federal

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government by increasing regulations on risky financial transactions imposing new

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restrictions on big polluters and expanding affordable health care to

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the lower and middle classes So if he is extra

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invested in a strong central government that means the president

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most in line with tj's constitutional interpretation is be andrew

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jackson Andrew jackson like thomas jefferson was a big believer

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in small government so option b is the right answer

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Jackson's democratic party faced constant challenges from the wigs who

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favored government action to improve society It should also be

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known that the wigs did not care for jackson's a 00:02:32.58 --> [endTime] full head of hair

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