Tasks:
- Begin class with test review.
- Created timeline identifying significant dates and turning points in Period Three (1754 - 1800)
- Test will include:
- 30 multiple choice questions
- 1 short answer question
- 1 Essay in Five Minutes
- How and why did political parties develop from debates over domestic and foreign affairs?
- Take time to review key characteristics of the two political parties: Federalists and Republicans.
- Focus on constitutional crisis created by Alien and Sedition Acts.
- Federalist legislation designed to silence and weaken the Republican party.
- Negative reaction to the Alien and Sedition Acts helped contribute to Republican victory in election of 1800 (Jefferson, a Republican, becomes president)
- Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions written arguing that states should have the right to declare a law null and void.
Reminders:
- Period Three Test 10/8
- Period Two test corrections due 10/8
