1. Andrew Jackson: President
Chapter 14 TCI

2. Jackson – Approach to Governing
Trusted friends became his advisors
Usually met in White House Kitchen
Became known as the “Kitchen Cabinet”
Removed Republican office holders & replaced with Democrats
Opposition called this “The Spoils System”
Rewarding political supporters with government jobs
But, the reality was that only 10% actually replaced

3. Nullification Crisis 1828 Congress raised tariffs (taxes on imports)
Encourage growth of manufacturing
High tariffs = high prices & high profits
North supported
Pro-factory, manufacturing states
South did not
Taxes hurt agriculture
Raised prices for manufactured goods they bought from the north
1832 S. Carolina threatened secession (leave union)
State’s rights to secede when gov. over-reaches it’s power (remember the KY & VA Resolutions?)
Jackson’s Response
“If one drop of blood be shed there in defiance of the laws of the United States,” he raged, “I will hang the first man of them I can get my hands on to the first tree I can find.”
Forces Tariff Laws – army will collect tariffs if needed (Man of the people?)
Congress lowered tariffs
S. Carolina backed down & nullification ended

4. Jackson’s Indian Policy
U.S. started offering American Indians various treaties
government promised food, supplies & money for land
Despite these treaties, American Indians continued to be pushed off their land.
Most of the eastern American Indians lived in the South. 
the Creek, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole

5. The Indian Removal Act 1830 Urged by Jackson to pass in Congress
allowed U.S. to make treaties with American Indians
did not say the Indians should be removed by force
1831 Supreme Court confirmed Indians had a right to keep their lands
Jackson provided federal troops to remove
Effects of the Act
Tribes that refused to move west voluntarily were met with military force, usually with tragic results.
1836: 1000s of Creek Indians = forcibly marched west from AL
Trail of Tears: 17,000 Cherokees were forced west from GA
FL: Seminole tribe resisted for 10 years finally forced out