Transcript Growth of the Nation - Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences

Growth of the Nation
Title: The New Government
Period 6 - Pages: p. 165-169
Main Ideas
Supporting Details
Making the Government Work
• In 1789, George Washington was
inaugurated as the nation’s first
President.
• John Adams was the first Vice-President.
• New York City was the first capital of the
U.S.
• Washington appointed four men to his first
Cabinet.
Beginning of Political Parties in the
United States
George Washington hoped for no formation
of political parties.
Alexander Hamilton formed Federalist Party.
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
formed the Democratic Republican Party.
President John Adams was a Federalist.
First Political Parties
• led by Alexander Hamilton
• led by Thomas Jefferson
• strong central government led
by industry and the wealthy
• strong state governments led by
the “common man”
• emphasis on manufacturing,
shipping, and trade
• emphasis on agriculture
• loose interpretation of the
Constitution
• strict interpretation of the
Constitution
“Cultivators of the earth are the most
valuable citizens.” – Thomas Jefferson
• favored the national bank
• opposed the national bank
• favored protective tariffs
• opposed protective tariffs
• pro-British
• pro-French
Am I a Federalist or a Republican?
1. Francois Goulet
4. Hans Gruber
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Farmer from Georgia
• German immigrant
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5th grade education
• Pennsylvania farmer
2. Chris Taylor
5. Laronda Marks
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Lawyer from Boston, MA
• Mother of five
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College graduate
• Employee of a Massachusetts textile
mill
3. John Marshall
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Virginia planter
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College graduate
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Future Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court
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Believed that the judicial branch was
too weak
6. James Prescott
• Banker from Delaware
• Member of the Delaware state
legislature
7. Dionte Moore
• Merchant from South Carolina
• Sells mainly European products
POSTER
Goal: Create a campaign poster for yourself to
persuade people to vote for you in the 1800
presidential election.
• Choose one of the political parties –
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FEDERALISTS or DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICANS
Identify at least three key characteristics of this
party to include in your poster.
Design your poster – USE VISUALS
1800 Election Results
Election 1800
3rd President of the U.S.
1800-1808
• Jefferson defeated John
Adams by 8 electoral votes
• He tied his running mate,
Aaron Burr
• For six days the House of
Reps took vote after vote
until 36 votes later –
Jefferson prevailed (Led to
12th Amendment)
Jefferson’s Government
Goal: limit the national
government’s presence in the
people’s lives
 cut taxes to the people
 cut costs
 reduced bureaucracy
Department and workers
that make up the Federal
Government
Jefferson Memorial
THE LOUISIANA
PURCHASE
When?
1803
From?
France
Cost?
$15,000,000
Why?
French leader Napoleon
needed money to fight
European wars
Causes
WAR OF 1812
Effects
absence
allied coincide fate intimidate mission
recruiting retreat various violent
The War of 1812 was not just between the U.S. and Great Britain. It
also pitted 1)____________Native American groups against the rapidly
expanding U.S. In 1811, future president William Henry Harrison and
about 1,000 soldiers marched to the village of Prophetstown, Indiana
on the Tippecanoe River. Their 2)_________ was to 3)_____________
the Indians into giving up their land. The trip was timed to
4)______________ with the 5) _______________of the great Shawnee
warrior Tecumseh, who was away 6)_______________for the
resistance. As the Americans camped outside Prophetstown, the
Indians attacked. After a long and 7)________________ battle,
Harrison forced the Indians into a full-scale 8)_______________.
Prophetstown was then burned to the ground. When word reached
Tecumseh about the 9)________________ of Prophetstown, he
Westward Travel
Chapter 7, Section 2
Hardships
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drudgery of walking hundreds of miles
suffocating dust
violent thunderstorms
mud
temperature extremes
bad water
sickness
Reform Movement
Growth of United States -> social issues
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poverty
alcoholism
poor healthcare
abuse of women
declining moral values
overcrowded housing
Reformers attempted to improve society and man.
Some people removed themselves from society.
Reform Movements
(Jigsaw)
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Temperance Movement
Public Education
Prison Reform
Utopian Societies
Slavery
Women