GROWTH AND REFORM 1800-1850
DEMOCRACY, NATIONALISM, AND SECTIONALISM What changes did Andrew Jackson bring to American political life?
THE RISE OF ANDREW JACKSON-WHO IS THIS GUY? 1820SGained popularity as being a ‘common man’ What does a common man represent, do you think? http://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/iText/BrowseITEXTServlet?eventType=openIEXT&ISBNUrl=%2FiText%2Fproducts%2F0-13-202613-9%2Fus_history_recon_main.html&ISBN=0-13-202613-9&ITEXTOID=0-13-202613-9&DisplayTitle=United+States+History%3A+Reconstruction+to+the+Present+2008&TitleInFrame=Y&isbnUrlIsJavascript=false http://172.20.0.30/SAFARI/montage/play.php?frompage=play&keyindex=204&location=local&chapterskeyindex=1616&sceneclipskeyindex=-1
THE RISE OF ANDREW JACKSON-WHO IS THIS GUY? DEMOCRACY EXPANDS Presidential electors voted by POPULAR VOTE, not state legislators States rewrote constitutions saying that any tax-paying white man could vote Slaves, Native Americans, women could not vote “Jacksonian Democracy”
THE RISE OF ANDREW JACKSON-WHO IS THIS GUY? ADAMS WINS COSTLY VICTORY 1824-Presidential election was INTERESTING!!! Between the popular vote and the electoral vote, what could happen? (use your partners to discuss-this happened in the 2000 election)
THE RISE OF ANDREW JACKSON-WHO IS THIS GUY? ADAMS WINS COSTLY VICTORY Jackson won popular vote but no candidate won the electoral vote number! House of Reps. Choose winner Henry Clay, 3rd place finisher, supported Adams What do you know? Adams made Clay SECRETARY OF STATE!
Who won majority of popular vote? Who came in last?
THE RISE OF ANDREW JACKSON-WHO IS THIS GUY?
THE RISE OF ANDREW JACKSON-WHO IS THIS GUY? JACKSON TRIUMPHS 1828Revamped Democratic party Committees and conventions formed; if you broke with party, kicked out! Professional politics was born! Jackson, while in office, replaced government workers with Democratic activists
THE RISE OF ANDREW JACKSON-WHO IS THIS GUY? JACKSON TRIUMPHS This was known as the SPOILS SYSTEM A person could gain a political job because of their political loyalty!! NOT A GOOD THING!
CHECKPOINT Choose one person from your group to answer this checkpoint. Only this person can raise his/her hand to answer the question. The other partners can only be used as lifelines but cannot speak. You can only write your lifeline answer. I will be watching you carefully. Whoever raises his/her hand to answer the question first, will win a small prize
CHECKPOINT How did Andrew Jackson benefit from the EXPANSION of democracy? (akahow were states changing? What kind of man was Andrew Jackson?) Watch rest of the video about Jackson!
INDIAN REMOVAL AMERICANS SEEK INDIAN LAND Many Natives still remained in this South despite territory loss. Nations like the Cherokee and Creeks became ASSIMILATED Use your partners and other resources to come up with a definition of that word!
INDIAN REMOVAL AMERICANS SEEK INDIAN LAND When Georgia went after Indian land, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Indians Deemed it UNCONSTITUTIONAL Treaties signed by the federal government need to be upheld Jackson stated, “John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it!”
INDIAN REMOVAL JACKSON PUSHES INDIAN REMOVAL 1830Jackson already had Congress pass the INDIAN REMOVAL ACT Peaceful exchange of Indian lands in the South for new lands in Indian Territory in Oklahoma
INDIAN REMOVAL JACKSON PUSHES INDIAN REMOVAL Most Choctaws and Chickasaws agreed The Creeks did not and were FORCIBLY moved by the US military! Same with the Seminoles in Florida
INDIAN REMOVAL JACKSON PUSHES INDIAN REMOVAL 1838Federal troops forced more than 15000 Cherokees to travel to OK 4000 Cherokees died of disease, exposure and hunger This is known as the TRAIL of TEARS http://172.20.0.30/SAFARI/montage/play.php?keyindex=62
THE NULLIFICATION CRISIS SCANDULOUS!!!!!! It’s seems more complicated than it really is…here is the deal Jackson’s VP opposed a HUGE new tax that the government placed on IMPORTED goods (John C. Calhoun was the VP’s name)
THE NULLIFICATION CRISIS Calhoun began to think that STATES could nullify, or VOID, or law they felt unconstitutional What can of worms could that open up? Jackson put in the new tariff anyway; didn’t scare him Calhoun resigned! South Carolina voted to NULLIFY the tariff and threatened to break away from the US
THE NULLIFICATION CRISIS COMPROMISE AVERTS A CRISIS Jackson urged Congress to reduce tariff Also used federal force in South Carolina Best of both worlds-conflict avoided
CHECKPOINT Please write this on your own sheets, not using your partners I will let you know when time is up How did Calhoun and Jackson differ on the issue of nullification?
ECONOMIC WOES JACKSON OPPOSES THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES A new political party would be formed as a result of Jackson’s actions 1832Congress renews 2nd Bank of the United States Jackson vetoed the renewal!
ECONOMIC WOES THE WHIG PARTY FORMS 1832Supporters of the bank formed the WHIG PARTY Believed strong federal government should run the economy State and private banks printed paper money without regulation…no value!
ECONOMIC WOES POLITICS AFTER JACKSON 1836Martin Van Buren elected Panic of 1837nation’s worst ECONOMIC DEPRESSION Land values/sales dropped Banks/businesses closed down Farmers lost land; employees cut wages Whigs managed to get William Henry Harrison elected president; but he died a month later John Tyler became president and carried on much of Jackson’s legacy!