USA HISTORY

THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1800

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Jefferson wanted to have an economy based on ____
A
Banking
B
Commerce
C
Agriculture
D
Dairy Farms
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Thomas Jefferson’s vision of the ideal economy was an agrarian society led by cultivators. According to him, those who labored in the earth were the chosen people of God, and the farmer who owned land and raised his own subsistence did not need to depend on the casualties and caprice of customers.

Detailed explanation-2: -National economic vision Jefferson believed that liberty and democracy were the greatest virtues a society could strive toward. To that end, he thought an agrarian society made up of independent farmers was best; the “Empire of Liberty, ” he called it.

Detailed explanation-3: -Democratic-Republicans favored keeping the U.S. economy based on agriculture and said that the U.S. should serve as the agricultural provider for the rest of the world.

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