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Launching a New Republic 1789-1800

Launching a New Republic 1789-1800. Chapter 9. NB 26 Chapter 9 Objective. SWBAT explain how the leaders of the new nation met the challenges of establishing a sound economy and a stable democratic government. . Essential Question.

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Launching a New Republic 1789-1800

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  1. Launching a New Republic 1789-1800 Chapter 9

  2. NB 26 Chapter 9 Objective SWBAT explain how the leaders of the new nation met the challenges of establishing a sound economy and a stable democratic government.

  3. Essential Question How did the president and the Congress begin to set up the new government? Standards 8.2.3-6, 8.3.4, 8.4.1, 8.4.3

  4. George Washington is Inaugurated or sworn in, as president on April 30, 1789 in New York City, the nation’s capital, John Adams became VP • He was setting an example that would become standard practice • “Mr. President” Washington Takes Office1789-1797 What does the phrase “[Washington] would set a precedent” mean?

  5. Constitution created a Supreme Court, Congress had to decide how many justices • 1789- 6 members; 5 associate judges, 1 chief justice • Today it is 9 total • Also created lower federal courts • John Jay– first chief justice Setting Up the Courts Federal Act Judiciary

  6. Constitution gave Congress the task of creating departments to help the president • Heads of departments who assist the pres. w/ the many issues & challenges of the nation • Secretary of War– Henry Knox • Sec. of State– Thomas Jefferson • Sec. of Treasury-Alexander Hamilton • Attorney General-Edmund Randolph Washington’s Cabinet Cabinet Departments

  7. Paying off war debts and creating a financial plan to handle debt agreed to by Congress • Paying off all war debts • Raising government revenues • Creating a national bank Southern states had already paid off their debts…so they didn’t want to help Northern states pay off their debts Economic Problems Hamilton’s Financial Plan-1790 Southern States Opposed this Plan

  8. Southerners agreed to support Hamilton’s plan when North said they supported moving the nation’s capital to the South • A tax on imported goods • It raised revenue for the gov’t. and encouraged growth of American Industry • Safe place to keep money, partnership between federal gov’t & American business, making loans, paper money issued as currency Compromise Tariff Creating a National Bank

  9. Two Opposing Views: Interpreting the Constitution Hamilton Jefferson Loose View-Flexible Strict View

  10. Jefferson and Madison argued that the Constitution did Not give gov’t. the power to set up a National Bank • Strict Construction-Narrow View of the Constitution • Loose Construction-Flexible View • Elastic Clause “necessary and proper” “living document” • Jefferson and Hamilton debated • Hamilton won—Nat’l Bank was set up in 1791 Interpreting the Constitution Two Opposing Views

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