LAUNCHING THE NEW REPUBLIC
Standard:
- Standards: History, Civics and Government, Economics
Benchmark:
- 3.6 Describe the emergence of the two party system (including Washington’s warning against political factions in his farewell address, a two-party system emerged by the election of 1800 and manifested itself in the Alien and Sedition Acts
Objectives:
- Analyze Washington’s attitude toward the role of the federal government in the Whiskey Rebellion and in his Farewell Address.
- Represent the key positions of Federalists and Republicans in a debate, taking on the roles of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson.
- Identify the positions of Federalists and Republicans in the election of 1800.
Essential Questions:
How did the Federalist and Republican visions for the United States differ?
Launching the New Republic Spring 2015