Oklahoma Social Studies 8.C.5

8.C.5 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 8.C.5.1

  Assess the legacy of President Washington on the nature of the presidency and the executive branch.

• 8.C.5.1.A

  Describe the purpose of the Cabinet as established by Washington and its role in today’s executive branch.

• 8.C.5.1.B

  Analyze the impact of the Whiskey Rebellion and the presidential authority to enforce federal law.

• 8.C.5.1.C

  Examine Washington’s attempt to develop a cohesive American Indian policy through treaties, assimilation, and the delineation of Tribal lands.

• 8.C.5.1.D

  Explain the intent and impact of Washington’s decision not to seek a third term in office.

• 8.C.5.1.E

  Read and discuss Washington’s advice as expressed in his Farewell Address regarding political factions, foreign alliances, and the relationship between morality...

• 8.C.5.2

  Evaluate the impact of the Alien and Sedition Acts on individual rights during the Adams Administration, including the responses of the Democratic-Republicans, ...

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What Students Need to Do

Students explain how debt plans, a national bank, and a whiskey tax changed the new government and economy. They trace Washington’s use of Cabinet advisers, federal law enforcement, and policies on Native treaties, assimilation, and land boundaries. They explain why he left office, read his Farewell Address, and compare the Alien and Sedition Acts with the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions.

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What Mastery Looks Like

Students can explain how the Whiskey Rebellion tested the president’s power to enforce federal law. They can explain Washington’s choice to leave after two terms and his warnings about parties, alliances, and morality. They can show how Adams’s restrictions on immigrants and speech led to arguments over individual rights and federal power.

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Common Misconceptions

Students may think Cabinet secretaries make laws or that a two-term limit was already in the Constitution. They may assume the Whiskey Rebellion ended federal taxation or that treaties secured Native land permanently. Some think the Alien and Sedition Acts banned every criticism, or that the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions struck down those laws.

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How to Assess It

Exit ticket: How did Washington’s response to the Whiskey Rebellion affect the presidency? Name one action he took and explain what it showed about enforcing federal law.

1. 01

   Give pairs a Treaty of Greenville map and two colored pencils; mark the boundary and land ceded, then discuss who gained land.

2. 02

   Read Farewell Address paragraphs on parties and foreign alliances; write which warning still applies, using one phrase from the text.

3. 03

   Give groups event and outcome cards for the national bank, whiskey tax, and Washington’s retirement; match each pair and explain why.

4. 04

   Open the Treasury Department’s “Role of the Treasury” page; compare its work on debt with Hamilton’s debt plan in the textbook.

• 8.C.6

  Analyze the political, constitutional, and geographic changes that occurred during the Jeffersonian Era.

• 8.C.9

  Examine the political, economic, social, and geographic changes that occurred during the period of westward movement.

• USH.C.1.1.B

  Analyze the Constitution’s concepts of federalism, separation of powers, and the system of checks and balances to changing relationships in American politics as...

• 8.C.7

  Examine the political, economic and social transformations during the “Era of Good Feelings.”