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SECTION 2: HAMILTON AND NATIONAL FINANCES PAGES 238-242

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: WHAT WERE THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF NATIONAL GROWTH?

SOME OF THE NEW NATION'S BIGGEST PROBLEMS WERE ECONOMIC. THE NATIONAL AND STATE GOVERNEMENT HAD RUN UP HUGE DEBTS DURING THE WAR. BUT THE PROPOSED SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS REVEALED DIFFERENCES IN REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS. SOUTHERN PLANTERS AND NORTHERN BUSINESSPEOPLE HAD VERY DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT HOW THE NATIONAL ECONOMY SHOULD DEVELOP.
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OBJECTIVES: Students will learn that ....... 1. Hamilton tackled the problem of settling national and state debt. 2. Thomas Jefferson opposed Hamilton’s views on government and the economy. 3. Hamilton created a national bank to strengthen the U.S. economy

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