Today's Agenda

Content Standards: HS.UH.I.UE.2
Gather information and evidence from credible sources representing a variety of perspectives relevant to compelling and/or supporting questions in U.S. history.
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Learning Target:
I can compare and contrast Jefferson and Hamilton's points of view on government power, and I can discuss the impact of each.

Critical Vocabulary: First Party System, Loose vs. Strict  Construction, Elastic Clause, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Marbury v. Madison, Louisiana Purchase, War of 1812, Missouri Compromise, Monroe Doctrine, American System, Henry Clay, Election of 1824, Second Party System, Democrats, Whigs, Andrew Jackson, Indian Removal Act, Nullification Crisis, John C. Calhoun, Bank War, Erie Canal, Cotton Gin, Telegraph, Factory System, Lowell Mills, Nativism, Know-Nothing Party, Abolition Movement, Frederick Douglass, Seneca Falls Convention, Declaration of Sentiments, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
 
Today's Agenda:

1. Background Question: Did the Federalist Party support a strong or weak national government? The Democratic-Republicans?
2. Citizenship Question: Which of the following reasons led to the Civil War?
   A. taxes
   B. slavery
   C. oil rights
   D. religious freedom
3. Individual Learning: Hamilton vs. Jefferson Letters
4. ​Reflection Question: Which point of view did George Washington ultimately support in the debate over national power?