THE NEW REPUBLIC
This unit we are switching to a totally digital and interactive textbook available to you through Google Slides. Each of the three lessons is linked below. Everything you will need to know on your chapter exam is listed or in someway represented in that slide deck. We will cover many of the topics in class, but it is your responsibility to make sure you are watching the videos and exploring the links.
LESSON OBJECTIVES: Washington's Presidency
- To explain how the nation's court system was established
- To describe the first cabinet
- To analyze Hamilton's financial plans
- To identify interpretations of the Constitution and explain how they influenced attitudes toward the national bank
LESSON OBJECTIVES: Challenges to the New Government
- To explain why Washington wanted to secure the Trans-Appalachian West
- To analyze the causes and outcome of the Battle of Fallen Timbers
- To identify the reasons for the Whiskey Rebellion
- To explain how Washington maintained U.S. neutrality
LESSON OBJECTIVES: The Federalists in Charge
- To explain how political parties developed
- To identify the problems President John Adams faced with France
- To describe and evaluate the Alien and Sedition Acts and responses to them
- To explain how Adams made peace with France