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America's Early Years America's Early Years, 1789-1816: America in a Changing World, 1793-1799 - VHSby Discovery School
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Grade Levels: 5 - 9
This program for grades 5-9 is based on key core-curriculum standards. The following topics are presented: The invention of the cotton gin and its effect on life in the U.S. North and South; Washington?s second term as President; Jay?s Treaty and the undeclared war with France; The Whiskey Rebellion, affirming the power of the federal government; The Treaty of San Lorenzo, opening up the Mississippi River to U.S. shipping; The presidency of John Adams; Federalists versus Democratic-Republicans; The XYZ affair, U.S. response to French intimidation; The Alien and Sedition Acts, enacting constitutionally questionable laws to increase Federalist political control; The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, exercising states rights; The importance of the invention of interchangeable parts.
Total Run Time: 14 minutes
This program for grades 5-9 is based on key core-curriculum standards. The following topics are presented: The invention of the cotton gin and its effect on life in the U.S. North and South; Washington?s second term as President; Jay?s Treaty and the undeclared war with France; The Whiskey Rebellion, affirming the power of the federal government; The Treaty of San Lorenzo, opening up the Mississippi River to U.S. shipping; The presidency of John Adams; Federalists versus Democratic-Republicans; The XYZ affair, U.S. response to French intimidation; The Alien and Sedition Acts, enacting constitutionally questionable laws to increase Federalist political control; The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, exercising states rights; The importance of the invention of interchangeable parts.
Total Run Time: 14 minutes