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    Unlike the idea of the essentialist perspective of believing in the innate essence of everything visible and tangible‚ the constructionalist perspective adopts the idea regarding the origin of reality as being shaped by society including time. Commonly‚ the concept of time is hardly discussed‚ much less thought of as something more than always present or as a way of organization. Yet time had to undergo a beginning and a process to reach its current state. The idea of time highlights the progression

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    Miller DBQ #2 Many historians regard Thomas Jefferson as one of the most influential men of the post-revolutionary period. Jefferson is perhaps most well known for his ideas regarding the new American governmental system. Many supporters backed Jefferson in his ideals and opinions regarding the central government during his delegate years‚ and even into his presidency. In 1796‚ Jefferson became the President of the U.S. Some believe that Thomas Jefferson was a hypocrite in that his ideals changed

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    James Madison James Madison‚ also known as “The Father Of the Constitution” was born on March 16‚ 1751‚ in Port Conway‚ Virginia‚ he was known to be quiet or shy he was small about 5’4’’ he graduated from preston University he was the youngest member of the continential congress he wrote most of the federalist papers and all of the Bill Of Rights wrote the first drafts of the U.S. Constitution. He established with President Thomas Jefferson the Democrat-Republican Party and served two terms with

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    thoughts on how the Constitution was meant to be interpreted. The Republicans thought of the Constitution as a code of strict guidelines there were to be followed by all citizens over which it stood. The Federalists on the other hand thought that the Constitution was more of a basis on which to act and that its rules could be broadened. During the time when Jefferson and Madison resided as president the views on the Constitution changed do to issues at the time. Both presidents found that there original

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    and Thomas Jefferson led to the development of two political parties. Although the Jeffersonian-Democratic were strict constructionist and the Federalists were loose constructionists‚ both failed to be consistent and chose whichever interpretation that better served their interests at the time. Jefferson originally began as a strict state’s rights advocate. He only accepted the Constitution with a guarantee of the Bill of Rights that reversed many Federalists policies‚ (Doc. A).Jefferson supported

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    James Madison and Thomas Jefferson served very successful terms as president of the United States of America. Madison’s greatest accomplishment was the moral victory in the “War of 1812”‚ while Jefferson doubled the size of America with the “Louisiana Purchase”. Also‚ having an exceptional relationship allowed them to create the Democratic- Republican party. Despite sharing the same views on government‚ the aftereffects of their presidencies turned out to be far different. Because James Madison Resolved

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    thought to have a loose interpretation of the Constitution through the Elastic Clause. Onthe other hand‚ the Jeffersonian Republican party maintained that the states should retain the power and thought that the Elastic clause allowed the national govt too much power. They were know as the strict constructionists. Although the Republicans maintained this characterization at the beginning‚ the two parties exchanged their roles with each other during the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison‚ either because

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    At the end of World War I‚ there were numerous fearful and terrible damages that happened in the world. The Allies shifted responsibilities to the Central Powers‚ especially to Germany. As a result‚ countries‚ such as the Ottoman Empire and the Austrian-Hungarian Empire were divided into a couple of small countries. Meanwhile‚ Germany needed a leader who would tide them over the crisis; and there was a leader‚ whose name was Hitler. As a military man‚ Adolf Hitler was fatigued by the debt that had

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    Failures of MANUEL ROXAS: His administration was marred by graft and corruption; moreover‚ the abuses of the provincial military police contributed to the rise of the left-wing (Huk) movement in the countryside. His heavy-handed attempts to crush the Huks led to widespread peasant disaffection. The good record of Roxas administration was marred by two failures: the failure to curb graft and corruption in the government‚ as evidenced by the Surplus War Property scandal‚ theChinese immigration

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    Loose/Strict Constructionist DBQ By both definition and widespread perception the Jeffersonian-Republicans were strict constructionists‚ meaning they closely followed the framework of the Constitution. On the other hand‚ the belief was that Federalists‚ who thought the Constitution was open for interpretation‚ were loose constructionists. Although both the presidencies of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison (Democratic-Republicans) mainly supported these theories‚ they‚ like other politicians of

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