i was assigned a Document Based Question (DBQ) this weekend for my AP History class. it is practice for the AP test, and i was wondering if anyone could lend me some insight. The question is:
With respect to the federal Constitution, the Jeffersonian Republicans are usually characterized as strict constructionists who were opposed to the broad constructionism of the Federalists. To what extent was this characterization of the two parties accurate during the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison?
The documents that go along with this question can be found here:
http://www.polytechnic.org/faculty/gfeldmeth/1998.dbq2.html