Andrew Jackson By: Alex Elway

Indian Removal Act The Indian removal acts were signed into law by Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830. This act allowed him to negotiate with Native Americans in the Southern United States for their removal west of the Mississippi. The Indian removal act was very popular in the southern states were people were eager to gain land. However, there was opposition in the North mainly from Christian missionaries. This led to the removal of many Indian tribes the most famous being that of the Cherokee. 60,000 of the 13,000 relocated Cherokee died.

Jackson’s War on the National Bank Jackson vetoed the 1832 re-charter of the Second Bank of the United States. He claimed the bank only existed to make the rich richer. People were then required to borrow money from local or state banks. Jackson withdrew money from the bank and invested in construction and product industries, as a result, manufacturing flourished. In 1836 President Jackson issued the Specie Circular. This required those buying land from the government to pay in specie, or gold and silver coins. The banks did not have enough of these to exchange for the notes. This caused the Panic of 1837 and pushed the economy to a depression.

“The People’s President” Andrew Jackson was known as “The People’s President” He was called this because he opposed the Electoral College and wanted the people to vote on everything and not be represented. Additionally, he earned the nickname King Mob by inviting the public to attend the White House Ball after his inauguration. The White House was so crowded that the staff, in an attempt to protect it, placed large bowls of punch in the lawn to draw visitors outside.

Tariff of 1828 and Nullification Crisis The Tariff of 1828 was called the Tariff of abominations by southerners. It put a tax on cheap imported goods. This was to help promote industry in the northern United States by forcing the south to buy their goods not the British goods. This greatly increased economy in the north as well as our overall economy. But the southerners protested because they had to pay and the British did not buy as much https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK8PHLLdO2k

Jacksonian Democracy 1830-1850 was known as the Era of Jacksonian Democracy. This time was based off the political beliefs of Andrew Jackson and his supporters who later formed the modern Democratic party. They wanted to give the right to vote to all white men as opposed to just those who owned land. They sought to expand the power of the President and Executive Branch while adding to the public’s participation in government. Jackson wanted to expand our country westward because he believed it was the white man’s destiny to control the land between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The Whig (Anti-Jacksonian) party argued that we should build on what we have, not expand.

Five Facts Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act. Andrew Jackson vetoed the re-charted of the Second National Bank. Jackson was known as The People’s President. Jackson supported Congress passing the Tariff of 1828. Andrew Jackson’s beliefs were the basis for the Era of Jacksonian Democracy and the modern Democratic party.