in this case, the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government controlled interstate commerce

Regarding the Constitution, Jefferson believed in

border between the U.S. and Mexico

Jefferson fought a war with these people

being a Francophile, Jefferson wanted to import the French Revolution into America

during the summer of 1798, this group pushed laws through Congress  to fight against the  French menace in the XYZ Affair; this party was really doing this to silence the opposition in the upcoming presidential election

throughout US history, has the  government taken a loose constructionist view of the constitution or a strict constructionist view

abolished slavery

a loose constructionist view of the constitution means that you take a broad interpretation of it

leader of the Mexican army that stormed the Alamo