The Age of Jackson Chapter 7.3

Tension Between Adams and Jackson 1/2 VS. John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Election of 1824, there would be a tie in the electoral college between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson

Tension Between Adams and Jackson 2/2 House of Representatives would decide the election and under the influence of Henry Clay, Adams would be granted presidency Jacksonians (common man) would form the Democratic Republican Party and would do whatever they could to sabotage Adams’ policies

Democracy and Citizenship During Adams administration most states had eased their voting requirements Election of 1828, nearly three times as many white males voted, helping Jackson gain presidency by a landslide

Jackson’s Appeal To The Common Citizen Jackson spoke of the concerns of ordinary people Although from Tennessee, “Old Hickory” was seen as a man of the people

Jackson’s Spoils System Upon taking presidency he announced that appointees to federal jobs would serve a maximum of four years, anything longer would equal inefficiency and corruption Jackson’s administration put forth the spoils system: in which incoming officials threw out former appointees and replace them with their own friends Cabinet would earn the nickname “Kitchen Cabinet”, and would fire nearly 10% of former federal employees

Removal of Native Americans White settlers typically had two attitudes toward Native Americans displacement and dispossession converting to Christianity, farming, and the white culture

The “five civilized tribes” would then pose another problem when farmers and miners began wanting their land in the Southeast

Indian Removal Act of 1830 Jackson did not believe that the Native Americans and the white settlers could live together, nor did he feel that they could remain in their original areas 1830, Indian Removal Act: the federal government would provide funds to negotiate treaties that would force the Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi

The Cherokee Fight Back 1/2 The Cherokee nation would take the issue to the Supreme Court Initially denied, the Cherokee with the assistance of Samuel Worcester would win recognition as a distinct political community in 1832 (Worcester v. Georgia) John Marshall would rule that the state of Georgia was not entitled to regulate the Cherokee nor to invade their lands

The Cherokee Fight Back 2/2 Jackson would not enforce Marshall’s decision, eventually those Cherokee that were in favor of relocation were deemed the true representatives Treaty of New Echota: granted the remaining 8 mil acres of land to the U.S. in exchange for $5 mil and land west of the Mississippi River 1838, under new president Martin Van Buren any remaining Cherokee Indians were forced from the occupied land

The Trail of Tears Late fall of 1838, the Cherokee Indians would be sent in groups of one thousand on an 800 mile journey to their new home Known as the Trail of Tears these were the hardships that the Cherokees would endure nearly 1/4 of the Cherokee population was lost government officials stole their money outlaws made off with their livestock the land they received in return was far inferior