Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Hamilton's plan
After our discussion in class today, do you think that Hamilton's plan only favored the upper class? Why/why not? Post two comments... the first one answers the question, and the second one responds to your classmates?
Monday, November 23, 2009
p. 264-272
As you read the pages in the textbook, answer the following discussion questions. Write your answers in your notebook, not on the blog...
1. In what ways did Madison and the House of Representatives increase the strength of the national government?
2. Why were the Bill of Rights created?
3. To what extent did British ideas affect Hamilton's thinking in terms of how to pay back the debt?
4. How much (in total) was the debt that the government had to pay back? Include state, local, and national levels.
5. How did Hamilton plan on paying the debt?
6. Why did Hamilton want to take all the state debts and absorb them into one big debt?
7. Why do you think not everyone liked Hamilton's plan?
8. Why did Hamilton want to create a national bank?
9. Who opposed Hamilton's plans? How did they show their opposition?
10. What is the difference between 'strict construction' and 'loose construction'?
11. Why did the French Revolution place the United States in an awkward position?
12. How did Citizen Genet cause even more problems for the United States?
13. How did Washington deal with problems in the western part of the US?
14. How did the response to the Whiskey Rebellion compare to that of Shays' Rebellion?
1. In what ways did Madison and the House of Representatives increase the strength of the national government?
2. Why were the Bill of Rights created?
3. To what extent did British ideas affect Hamilton's thinking in terms of how to pay back the debt?
4. How much (in total) was the debt that the government had to pay back? Include state, local, and national levels.
5. How did Hamilton plan on paying the debt?
6. Why did Hamilton want to take all the state debts and absorb them into one big debt?
7. Why do you think not everyone liked Hamilton's plan?
8. Why did Hamilton want to create a national bank?
9. Who opposed Hamilton's plans? How did they show their opposition?
10. What is the difference between 'strict construction' and 'loose construction'?
11. Why did the French Revolution place the United States in an awkward position?
12. How did Citizen Genet cause even more problems for the United States?
13. How did Washington deal with problems in the western part of the US?
14. How did the response to the Whiskey Rebellion compare to that of Shays' Rebellion?