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What were Jeffersons primary fears about the Whiskey Rebellion?

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What were Jeffersons primary fears about the Whiskey Rebellion?

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Jefferson thought that the government’s use of force to utterly suppress the rebellion was a misuse of power and that it would set a precedent for stifling democratic trends in the future (like protests). In this, Jefferson was right and wrong. The military would be used to stifle democratic protest in the future (see the Bonus Army after World War I). However, the military would also be used to protect democratic advances as well (see school desegregation in the 1950s after Brown v. Board of Education).

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