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1) Discuss how Thomas Jefferson's philosophy of government shaped his policies toward public expenditures, the judiciary, and the Louisiana Purchase.
2) Describe the divisions that emerged within the Republican party during Jefferson's second term.
3) Discuss the events that led James Madison to abandon Jefferson's policy of "peaceable coercion" and go to war with Britain in 1812.
4) Describe and discuss the ways in which the War of 1812 influenced American domestic politics.