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6th grade · Social Studies · Unit 14 of 14

A New Nation

Washington's presidency and the first parties

What your child practices

George Washington's presidency (the first Cabinet, the new capital in the District of Columbia, religious freedom), and the rise of the Federalist and Democratic-Republican parties in the 1790s.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 6.19; 6.20 · George Washington's presidency, and the first political parties

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Washington's Cabinet: Hamilton at the treasury, Jefferson as secretary of state.
  2. Marbury v. Madison (1803) set up judicial review: courts can strike down laws.
  3. The Louisiana Purchase (1803) came before the War of 1812, which ended with the Treaty of Ghent, borders mostly unchanged.

Example: What did Marbury v. Madison establish? It was an 1803 Supreme Court case. It gave courts the power to review laws. Answer: judicial review

A New Nation in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 14 of 14 in 6th grade Social Studies, after Federalism in Alabama.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    The War of 1812 was fought between the US and…

    • France
    • Spain
    • Mexico
    • Britain

  2. Question 2

    Alexander Hamilton was Washington's…

    • secretary of state
    • secretary of the treasury
    • general of the army
    • vice president

  3. Question 3

    Marbury v. Madison (1803) established…

    • The Electoral College
    • The national bank
    • Judicial review
    • The Monroe Doctrine

  4. Question 4

    How did the cotton gin (1793) affect slavery?

    • It made cotton more profitable, so slavery expanded
    • It had no effect
    • It freed workers in the North
    • It ended slavery

  5. Question 5

    George Washington's Farewell Address warned against…

    • political parties and permanent foreign alliances
    • building roads
    • public schools
    • farming

  6. Question 6

    Who was the first president of the United States?

    • George Washington
    • Thomas Jefferson
    • John Adams
    • James Madison

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