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After Becoming President, How Did Thomas Jefferson Deal with the Federalists

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After becoming president, how did Thomas Jefferson deal with the Federalists?


A) He followed through on his inauguration speech's statement ("We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists") and treated them as equals.
B) He courted their support because he knew he could never win approval for his policies without them.
C) He tried to roll back almost everything they had done by cutting taxes and the size of government.
D) Until just before leaving office, he used the Sedition Act to shut down Federalist newspapers critical of his administration.
E) He led a successful effort to impeach and remove from office all Federalist judges, whom he then replaced with Republicans.

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