1. Chapter 14: Andrew Jackson and the Growth of American Democracy

2. 14.5 Nullification Crisis Congress passed a law raising tariffs
North liked the tariffs
South disliked the tariffs
Calhoun led South Carolina’s
rebellion over the tariffs.
Said tariffs favored northern states
Threatened to secede
Compromise reached when Congress agreed to lower tariff tax over next 10 years

3. 14.7 Jackson’s Indian Policy
Jackson had very little sympathy for natives
The Five Civilized Tribes of the South hoped to stay on their homelands and learned the “white way” of life.
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Allowed Jackson to make treaties with Indians to move to new land in the Great Plains
Supreme Court said they could keep their lands in the east
Jackson forced them to move anyway!
Trail of Tears is the journey that 17,000 natives took from Georgia to Oklahoma

4. Trail of Tears

5. Chapter 14 Reading Check What is a tariff?
Why did the South not like tariffs?
Why did the North like tariffs?
What compromise was reached concerning tariffs?
What is the Trail of Tears?