HAPPY MONDAY! WARM UP

Please sit with the same groups from Friday in the last station you were at!

1. What is a precedent? 2. Name one precedent which was set while

Washington was in office.

STATION ROTATION! We will complete our last 2 stations

You have 15 minutes at each station- WORK HARD

WASHINGTON -> ADAMS Election 1796- First openly

contested election in American History Federalists: Adams Republicans: Jefferson

SECTIONALISM: placing one region interests over those of the nation as a whole

XYZ AFFAIR

Examine the political cartoon

1. What are French officials upset about? What do they decide to do?

2. What action does President Adams take?3. How do the French respond?

XYZ AFFAIR SKIT

XYZ AFFAIR & QUASI-WAR WITH FRANCE CAUSE: Jay’s Treaty (US + GB)- France ANGRY

French stopped American ships and took goods bound for Britain

Federalists want war!

XYZ AFFAIR & QUASI-WAR WITH FRANCEAdams sends diplomats to France

French diplomats demand bribes

US deny

1798- Congress suspends trade with FranceQuasi-war (un-declared war at

sea)

FEDERALISTS VS. DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICANS

ALIEN & SEDITION ACTS

VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS

While watching wonderful skits- write important

information from each

ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTSAllowed president to arrest or deport any immigrant who spoke out against the government

Set fines and jail terms for anyone stating false statements against the government

VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS Response to Alien and Sedition Acts

States created Constitution, could judge federal law unconstitutional

Nullification: if federal government passed an unconstitutional law, states had the power to nullify or declare invalid

Alien and Sedition Acts violated Freedom of Speech

ELECTION OF 1800 Federalist- Adams Republicans- Thomas Jefferson (P), Aaron

Burr (VP)

Federalists had controlled Congress, army, presidency

“Bloodless Revolution” first transition from one party to another

MIDNIGHT JUDGES Adams stayed up until midnight night before

Jefferson was to take office, appointing Federalist Federal Judges

Maintain Federalists power even thought Democratic-Republican was President

Last skit!

ANALYZING CAUSE + EFFECT Divide your paper into 3 columns

Left column (Cause) Middle (Event) Right column (Effect)

Events- Whiskey Rebellion, Bank of the US, XYZ Affair, Alien and Sedition Acts, Midnight Judges

ENRICHMENT 1. When was this idea first introduced? What

prevented it from being successful? 2. How do the statistics for jobs that require

advanced degree compare to Americans who actually hold an advanced degree?

3. What would happen if free community college became an option? How would it benefit America?

EXIT TICKET (1 PARAGRAPH)How would you describe John Adams presidency?

What successes/failures took place while he was in office?