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5th grade · Social Studies · Unit 5 of 10

A New Nation

The first presidents to the Monroe Doctrine

What your child practices

The first presidents and parties, judicial review, the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark, the War of 1812 and early foreign policy.

Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: 5.SP1.3; 5.C2.1 · the people who shaped the new nation and the challenges it faced

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Early presidents built the new government; the Whiskey Rebellion (1794) showed it could enforce its laws.
  2. Jefferson bought Louisiana in 1803. The US fought Britain in the War of 1812.
  3. The Monroe Doctrine (1823) told Europe not to start new colonies in the Americas.

Example: What did the Monroe Doctrine warn European countries not to do? It was about the Americas. The US did not want new European colonies here. Answer: start new colonies in the Americas

A New Nation in Arizona

In the Arizona Academic Standards, this is unit 5 of 10 in 5th grade Social Studies, after States & Capitals and before Factories & Reformers.

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: Arizona Department of Education

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 Treaty of Ghent (1814) ended the War of 1812 with…

    • Britain gaining Ohio
    • The US gaining Canada
    • Borders mostly unchanged
    • France gaining Louisiana

  2. Question 2

    The War of 1812 was fought between the US and…

    • Spain
    • France
    • Mexico
    • Britain

  3. Question 3

    Foreign policy means…

    • A city's budget
    • A country's actions toward other countries
    • Laws about schools
    • State elections

  4. Question 4

    George Washington's Farewell Address warned against…

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

  5. Question 5

    The first two political parties formed around…

    • Grant and Lee
    • Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson
    • Adams and Kennedy
    • Lincoln and Douglas

  6. Question 6

    Which came first?

    • The Monroe Doctrine (1823)
    • The Indian Removal Act (1830)
    • The Louisiana Purchase (1803)
    • The War of 1812

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