1. Chapter 14- Andrew Jackson and the Growth of American Democracy
By Sanjana Addanki, Ethan Doan, McKenzie Maresh, Tanaya Ogden, Danika Devine, Peyton Nordland, and Nhi Dang

2. From the Frontier to the White House
McKenzie Maresh
Andrew Jackson's path to the White House was long and difficult, but was an inspiration to many as a representation of a true democracy, in which anyone, no matter their circumstances can have a chance to lead our country.
In 1767, Jackson was born into poverty on the South Carolina frontier.
 He enjoyed being outdoors and often shirked his schoolwork in favor of sports. 
He was hot-tempered, always in fights, a trait that lasted into adulthood.
1n 1780, he joined the local militia at age 13, and was captured by the British.
In 1788, after the war, he headed west to Nashville, Tennessee to practice law.
He soon became a successful lawyer and purchased land and slaves, becoming a "gentleman farmer".
In response to a perceived slight by a slave trader, Charles Dickinson, Jackson challenged him to a duel, killing him with a single shot. Jackson was involved in over 100 duels in his lifetime, most in defense of his or his wife's honor.
While living in Tennessee, Jackson entered politics – he served in both houses of the legislative branch.

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Jackson became widely known for his heroism in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of He had a long career in the military that proved his heroism and devotion to his country.
He ran for president in 1824 and won both the popular vote and the electoral votes. However, he did not have enough votes for the electoral majority. 
The electoral college voted John Quincy Adams as president, at the urging of Henry Clay, who was later given the position of secretary of state in Adams' White House.
Jackson was angry that, despite having won the vote, he had not been elected president. He vowed to win the next election in 1828.
Andrew Jackson and his supporters spent the next three years preparing his campaign: writing slogans and songs, making posters and signs, developing a new political party. The Democratic Party commenced, and has lived for almost 200 years to this very day.
Jackson's hard work was not in vain- in 1828 he was elected President of the United States.
His election was a victory for common people as it represented that they were being given a greater chance to help govern the country, while wealthier or upper-class citizens were frustrated that they were losing their greater power, which they felt they were entitled to.

4. The Inauguration of Andrew Jackson- Ethan Doan
The Inauguration of Andrew Jackson was one of the most crowded and hectic inaugurations in history.
The race for presidency in 1828 pitted John Adams against Andrew Jackson.
Jackson's views on democracy promoted his reputation with the common people, while worsening his relationship with the upper class.
Jackson promised to throw the rich out and return the government to "the people."
Jacksons election shifted power to the West and to the small-business owners who supported him.
New states on the frontier believed that both the rich and poor should share the same rights, including the right to vote.
Over a million Americans voted in 1828, triple the amount of voters in 1824.

5. The Inauguration of Andrew Jackson continued Ethan Doan
Common people believed that Jackson was shifting power to the middle and lower class, giving them power in the government and rescuing the government from corrupt "monied interests."
Upper class people felt that the common people, which Jackson was favoring, did not have the education and experience to vote wisely, and that Jackson's inauguration would pollute the government.
While Jackson's inauguration into presidency was a frenzied uproar, "it was the People's day, and the People's President. And the people would rule."
More than 10,000 people coming from every state crowded into Washington D.C to witness Jackson's inauguration.

6. Jackson's Approach to Government-Peyton Nordland
Andrew Jackson's approach to government helped organize our democracy that we know and use today.
One way that Jackson approached government was that he didn’t turn to his "kitchen cabinet"(civil servants around president in white house) but to his close friends and political servants to help him with political advice and ideas.
Jackson came up with the idea that after a few years in office, civil servants around the president should be replaced so that more people have a chance to serve the government so more people would equal more ideas. As a democrat he replaced many republican officers with other democrats.
People that disagreed with the idea called it the spoils system,(giving political supporters government jobs). These were mostly rich people that have been in office before and they do not want poorer political supporters taking their place in government. These people that disagreed with Jackson also inflated the number of servants removed from office. It was only around 10 percent, and most of them needed to be removed as they did bad things such as stealing thousands of dollars from the treasure.

7. Jackson's Approach to Governing- How it affects our current president
Currently President Trump has replaced some political officers with business CEO's in his kitchen cabinet to give him advice, the idea of replacing these officers started with Andrew Jackson. Even though he has replaced some of his officers he still uses his close friends and family along with his cabinet to make decisions. 

8. The Nullification Crisis -Nhi Dang
During the presidency of Andrew Jackson, there was a political crisis in the United States in , known as "The Nullification Crisis." In 1832, Congress passed a bill that allowing tariffs on imported goods such as cloth and glass. 
• Northern states favored the new tariff law, because tariffs raised the prices they paid for factory goods. 
• South believed that this showed favoritism towards the North, because this new tax would ruin cotton sales in other countries.. Southerners started to question whether President Jackson and the democrats really represented southern interests. 
• South Carolina created an Ordinance of Nullification in It declared that the federal tariff were unconstitutional. South Carolina didn't want to pay taxes on goods it didn't produce. Its economy was already really hurting. The second tariff was supposed to lessen the effects of the first one, but South Carolina didn't like either.
• South Carolina attempted to pass a state law that would ignore the federal tariff.
• Jackson called Congress to pass the Force Bill, which allowed him to use the federal army to collect tariffs if needed.
• Nearing the end of the crisis, Congress passed a compromise bill which lowered tariffs from there forward. Faced with this film opposition, South Carolina backed down and the nullification crisis.
Federal    Power!
States' Right!!!

9. Jackson Battles the Bank of the United States- by Sanjana Addanki
After the War of 1812, America' economy was growing, although Britain's navy, the largest in the world, started preventing Americans from exporting their goods, which led to a decline in industry and of the government, because no one paid taxes during this time.
What is the Bank? 
The Second Bank of the United States was established in 1817 to mainly provide a more stable financial foundation for the U. S. 
In periods of economic downturn, many state and private banks would stop redeeming their banknotes, which put many people in debt. One function of the bank was to watch how many banknotes the states issued.
It would also be the main agent dealing with the government's monetary issues, such as issuing loans to people, making deposits, and creating the coin and paper money itself.

10. Jackson Battles the Bank- cont.
Why was Jackson opposed to the bank?
The bank was only partly owned by the government- the rest was owned by a few prominent rich businessmen. Jackson felt that these select few had too much of a say with what happened to the government's money. Ever the people's president, Jackson wanted the voters to have a voice.
Jackson also preferred representative money, which is money that was represented by something actually of value- such as gold or silver. However, the bank dealt with fiat money, whose value came from the economy itself and the people's trust in the government. 
General Jackson slaying the many headed monster:
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11. Jackson Battles the Bank- cont.
What actually happened?
The bank had a contract lasting 20 years, which means that it would expire in However, Henry Clay, an opponent of Jackson's, thought it would be a good idea to renew it 4 years early, because if he signed to continue the bank, he would lose the votes of poor Americans who also disliked banks, and if he vetoed it, he would lose the votes of businessmen. Jackson vetoed the recharter bill because there were many more farmers than businessmen. 
Although the Supreme Court ruled the bank as constitutional, Jackson and his supporters called it 'an unconstitutional monopoly that exists only to make the rich richer'. (TCi) Jackson had another landslide victory in the election of 1832.
Instead of letting the bank live out its life until the end of the charter, Jackson decided to starve it to death, depriving it of all deposits and putting the money in state banks. 

12. Jackson's Indian Policy-By Tanaya Ogden
 When the Cherokee Tribe heard about the act they took it to the supreme court.
In the end the court favored the Cherokee, but the president and congress still forced the Indians out of their land. 
      While many of the tribes fought for their land, 1/3 of their tribe died in doing so. 
The Indian policy created by Andrew Jackson denied democracy by not giving the same and equal rights to the Indians that were given to settlers.
The cause of so many deaths of their people led to the cries of the Native Americans as they walked the trail to their new land. (Indian Territory is present day Oklahoma). 
Treaties drew boundaries between areas claimed for settlers and areas the government promised to let the Indians have forever.
   In exchange for giving up their old lands, Indians were promised food, supplies and money.
  In 1830 a new law was passed of Indian Removal. Whites wanted the Native Americans land because in 1828 word spread that gold was discovered on the land. 
The only way the Whites could get the gold was if the Indians were gone.

13. Processing Wanted: Andrew Jackson Praise for: Andrew Jackson
Danika Devine 
Wanted:
 Andrew Jackson
Praise for:
 Andrew Jackson 
Andrew Jackson is being sought out for forcing Indians out of their territory. Jackson has also replaced many republican civil servants with his "Loyal Democrats" in which this process was named the 'spoils system'. 
Andrew Jackson should be praised because he promised the common people a chance to vote and have some say in the government's business. Along with this, he also led us to victory during the Battle of New Orleans. 

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