Thomas Jefferson as President, Betrayed his ideals or not |
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 Mar 8 2005, 07:04 PM
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When Thomas Jefferson was president did he betray his ideals. Or did he stay true to his ideals. Please leave me all of your thoughts. I would appreciate it very much
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Mar 10 2005, 12:24 AM
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for one of our history tests at the beginning of the year we had to write a paragraph on how jefferson contradicted himself, but the only points i can remember were that he said he was against slavery yet kept slaves himself and that he said he was for the common people yet lived in a giant house. i'm going to try to find that section again, and then i'll edit this.
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Mar 10 2005, 01:31 AM
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 Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
QUOTE(william @ Mar 10 2005, 12:24 AM) he said he was for the common people yet lived in a giant house. i'm going to try to find that section again, and then i'll edit this.  Being for the common man meant that he had to live like the common man? 
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Mar 12 2005, 12:28 AM
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QUOTE(uninspiredfae @ Mar 9 2005, 10:31 PM) Being for the common man meant that he had to live like the common man? not exactly, that was just one of the points our history book made. i should have been clearer with what the question we were asked was- i said contradicted, but i think it was actually worded "what did jefferson say that was different than what he actually did?". it still doesn't mean he had to live like the common man; it just was going a little against what his beliefs were (that america was going to/should be a nation of farmers). i think the logical thing to do with the louisiana purchase was to take napolean's offer, even though it went against his beliefs. i think that's kind of a "duh" decision, even if it was a little hypocritical. |
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x OB x Thomas Jefferson as President Mar 8 2005, 07:04 PM
Frankie *dusts off his old history book and starts looking... Mar 8 2005, 07:21 PM kryogenix QUOTE(x OB x @ Mar 8 2005, 7:04 PM)When Thoma... Mar 8 2005, 07:36 PM Teesa I think he stayed true to his ideals. Like with re... Mar 8 2005, 08:08 PM CrackedRearView Oh wow, I'd rather not write you a book. I... Mar 9 2005, 05:29 PM Aesirus He didn't live up to his ideals 100%, but he c... Mar 9 2005, 07:42 PM OriskybusinessO QUOTEHe felt to side with any one religious group ... Mar 10 2005, 04:12 PM
Spirited Away QUOTE(OriskybusinessO @ Mar 10 2005, 4:12 PM)... Mar 10 2005, 08:10 PM f4113n jefferson believed in a strict interpretation of t... Mar 10 2005, 10:05 PM CrackedRearView Well -- he went with his convictions in buying the... Mar 10 2005, 10:29 PM |
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