Cabinet Dilemma #1: The Debate over a National Bank and Capital
Directions: Define the term dilemma and write down what dilemmas Pres. Washington's Cabinet is currently facing in your own words.
1. Dilemma Definition: A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives.
2. Dilemma Description: The new nation faces two dilemmas. The first is a financial dilemma where the federal government owes millions of dollars to countries and private citizens that supported the U.S. during the American Revolution. The second dilemma is where to place a national capital that doesn't favor a specific region or state.
1. Dilemma Definition: A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives.
2. Dilemma Description: The new nation faces two dilemmas. The first is a financial dilemma where the federal government owes millions of dollars to countries and private citizens that supported the U.S. during the American Revolution. The second dilemma is where to place a national capital that doesn't favor a specific region or state.
3. Cabinet Member Explanations
Directions: Take Cornell Notes on the following explanations in your notebooks.
Directions: Take Cornell Notes on the following explanations in your notebooks.
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4. Cabinet Decision Options
Directions: As a "cabinet" decide which option fits best by choosing one of the following letters. Write down the option on a separate sheet of paper and explain why it is the best choice in 30 words or more.
Directions: As a "cabinet" decide which option fits best by choosing one of the following letters. Write down the option on a separate sheet of paper and explain why it is the best choice in 30 words or more.
A. Have a national bank and place the capital in the North.
B. Have state banks and place the capital in the South.
C. Compromise: Have a national bank but place the capital in the South.
D. Compromise: Have state banks but place the capital in the North.
E. Your own plan!
B. Have state banks and place the capital in the South.
C. Compromise: Have a national bank but place the capital in the South.
D. Compromise: Have state banks but place the capital in the North.
E. Your own plan!
5. Edmodo "Cabinet" Response
Directions: Click on the Edmodo link below and have your group Treasury Secretary explain in 30 words or more on why this option is the best choice.
Directions: Click on the Edmodo link below and have your group Treasury Secretary explain in 30 words or more on why this option is the best choice.
6. Homework: What Really Happened
Directions: Read the section titled "Strengthening the Economy" on pages 281-282 of your textbook and on a separate piece of paper explain in 5 sentences minimum what the actual decision was. Use the terms national debt, bonds, speculators, unconstitutional, and tariff in your explanation. Underline these terms.
Next, read the section "Compromise Results in a Capital" on page 282 and in 3-5 sentences explain what the actual decision was.
Note: You can also click the link below, download the PowerPoint file, or look at the map for extra helpful information.
Directions: Read the section titled "Strengthening the Economy" on pages 281-282 of your textbook and on a separate piece of paper explain in 5 sentences minimum what the actual decision was. Use the terms national debt, bonds, speculators, unconstitutional, and tariff in your explanation. Underline these terms.
Next, read the section "Compromise Results in a Capital" on page 282 and in 3-5 sentences explain what the actual decision was.
Note: You can also click the link below, download the PowerPoint file, or look at the map for extra helpful information.
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