1. Andrew Jackson:
1828 – 1836
Era of the Common Man

2. Fill in the blanks: ______ people were able to vote in 1830 than 1800 because___________________ _________________________________________.

3. What were the
democratic
trends
in the 19c?

4. Expanded Suffrage Suffrage- the right to vote
In the early 1800’s, more people gained the right to vote
States reduced voting restrictions
No more poll taxes or property requirements
Helped Jackson win in 1828

5. Jackson's
First
Presidential Run

6. William Crawford [South]
Jackson’s Opponents in 1824
Henry Clay [West]
John Q. Adams [North]
William Crawford [South]

7. New Political Parties Emerge
No one got the majority of electoral votes
Election thrown into the House
Adams won
“Corrupt Bargain” split the Demo-Rep party between Jackson and Adams supporters
Democrats
Jackson supporters
National Republicans
Adams supporters

8. Election of 1828 Jackson vs. Adams…AGAIN!
Both sides made vicious, personal attacks
Jackson aimed his campaign against the wealthy elite (Adams)
He promised to look out for the “common man”
Jacksonian Democracy: idea of spreading political power to all people and ensuring majority rule

9. 1828 Election Results

10. Wrap Up
What type of person do candidates portray themselves as today? Why?

11. Jump Start Define Jacksonian Democracy in your own words.
Use the term in a sentence that summarizes what we learned yesterday.

12. Jackson’s Presidency Jackson supporters Issues during his presidency
Planter elite of the South
People on the Frontier
Immigrants in the cities
State Politicians
spoils system: winning candidates give government jobs to their supporters
Issues during his presidency
Rights of the states
Role of the Bank of the United States
Status of Native Americans

13. Nullification and
Tariffs

14. Economies of the North and South
REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW!
Economy of the North
Fishing, shipbuilding industry and naval supplies, trade and port cities
Skilled craftsmen, shopkeepers, manufacturing (textiles, tools, metals, building materials, etc.)
Economy of the South
Large farms/plantations, cash crops
(tobacco, indigo, rice, cotton), wood
products, small farms
Slavery

15. REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! What is a TARIFF?
TAX the government puts on imported goods (from other countries)
If you were a FACTORY OWNER or in MANUFACTURING , would you like tariffs?
Yes! Your products would not have an additional tax, so what you make would be cheaper than foreign goods.
If you were a FARMER, would you like tariffs?
No! You depend on foreign nations to buy your crops and in return, you buy their manufactured goods. You are afraid that tariffs will make foreign goods more expensive. If you don’t buy their goods, then they might not buy your crops.

16. Increasing Sectionalism
1820’s and 30’s- nation was divided into 3 main sections
Northeast, South, West
During the same time Congress was arguing over 3 main issues
One of which was tariffs
Tariffs- government’s main source of income
North liked it b/c it made their goods cheaper
South didn’t b/c they depended on foreign trade
Congress passed a tariff in 1828 to help the growth of manufacturing

17. Nullification
Tariff of Abominations (1828)- tariff that raised the price of imported factory goods by a large amount
Northern factory owners favored the new law
Southerners opposed it for several reasons:
Tariffs raised the price they paid for factory goods
High tariffs kept foreign countries from trading with the U.S. because it was more expensive
Hurt cotton sales for the South
Believed the a law that favored one section was unconstitutional
Calhoun, Vice President at the time, brought up idea of nullification- states can nullify a law if they see it as unconstitutional
Calhoun was an extreme form of states’ rights

18. South Carolina Threatens to Secede
Jackson understood Southerners
Signed a law that lowered the tariff in 1832 but it wasn’t enough to make them happy
South Carolina threatened to secede from the government enforced the law
Henry Clay created a compromise bill that gradually lowered the tariff until 1842
Both sides called a truce for the time

19. Jump Start Ignite Learning
Write the following questions on your paper before watching the video:
What issue from Jackson’s presidency is shown in the video?
How does this issue relate to the Kentucky and Virginia Resolution?
In your opinion, which side (states or federal government) is correct? Why?

20. Jump Start How do banks MAKE money? If you know, please explain.
If you do NOT know, make an inference using what you know about banks.

21. Jackson's
Battles
the Bank

22. Issues over the Bank Jackson was against the bank for many reasons:
Thought the bank favored wealthy Northeasterners
It did not help capitalists in the West
capitalists- someone investing in a business to make profit
He distrusted the bank president, Nicholas Biddle
Jackson vetoed the bill to re-charter the bank (keep it going)
Voters agreed
He was elected for a second term in 1832
He considered this economic democracy

23. Jackson's
Native-American
Policy

24. Jump Start Speaker Occasion Audience Purpose Subject Tone
Complete a basic SOAPStone on the following document:
Speaker
Occasion
Audience
Purpose
Subject
Tone

25. Indian Removal Jackson had little sympathy for Native Americans
Raised on the frontier
By the time he took office, only 125,000 Natives remained east of the Mississippi
Most had fallen prey to war and disease
Majority lived in the southeast
Known as the Five Civilized Tribes
Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole
Hoping to keep their lands, they adopted many European characteristics and ways of life
i.e. European clothing, owned farms, slaves, had own alphabet and newspaper
Despite the Native’s efforts to assimilate (integrate into English culture), whites decided they had to go as cotton spread west

26. Indian Removal
Indian Removal Act of allowed the government to make treaties in which Natives in the East traded their land for new territory in the Great Plains
Some tribes saw no other way out and gave up land
Georgia later passed a law saying that the authority of their state law also now extended over the Cherokee
Cherokee appealed to Supreme Court
Worcester vs. Georgia- Chief Justice Marshall ruled that the Cherokee were a “distinct political community”
Georgia could not pass laws governing the Cherokee

27. Indian Removal Jackson did nothing to enforce the Court’s ruling
Cherokee were forced to give in and sell their land
16,000 were gathered into camps and forced into the Indian Territory during the fall and winter from
Present day Oklahoma
More than ¼ died from exposure and starvation
Became known as the Trail of Tears (Part 2)