Introduction

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Lesson Objectives

Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to...

  • Describe events that strained America's foreign relations in the early 19th century
  • Describe the impact of the Election of 1800
  • Discuss the effects and implications of the Alien and Sedition Acts

Essential Questions

  • What major issues did the early leaders of the republic have to address?

Enduring Understandings

  • Determining effective foreign and domestic policy was essential in establishing the United States as a world power.

The above objectives correspond with the Alabama Course of Study: United States History I standards: 4.4 and 6.