1. Jacksonian Democracy
Lesson 1

2. Expansion of Democracy
Jackson’s supporters questioned the legitimacy of the 1824 election based on popular vote.
Nominating Convention-to select president and vice presidential candidates
Jacksonian Democracy- period of expanding democracy, its ideas, and influences

3. Republicans-wanted Adams
Election of 1828
Republicans-wanted Adams
Democrats-wanted Jackson (farmers, settlers, and slaveholders.
John C. Calhoun- Jackson’s vice presidential running mate in 1828

4. Continued…. 1828 election -Adams and Jackson focus on personalities
Jackson’s supporters thought this was a win for the common people
Spoils system-giving jobs to your supporters

5. Kitchen cabinet-informal group of trusted advisors
Continued….
Kitchen cabinet-informal group of trusted advisors
Martin Van Buren- One of Jackson’s strongest allies in his official Cabinet.

6. Jackson’s Administration
Lesson 2

7. Sectional Difference Increase
The main factor determining how people felt on political policies was which region they lived in.
Tariff of Abominations
Congress passed tariff on imports with very high rates

8. States’ Rights Debate
Nullification crisis- conflict about whether states had the right to reject a federal law they thought was unconstitutional.
Daniel Webster-Massachusetts senator that believed that the welfare of the nation should override the individual states.

9. Jackson Attacks the Bank
The state banks’ practice of offering credit to people buying land resulted in increased westward expansion and inflation
McCulloch v. Maryland-Court decision that the national bank was constitutional.
A criticism of the bank was that it only benefited the wealthy, not the farmers.

10. Panic of 1837
Whig party-believes in a strong legislature and a weak president
Van Buren had to deal with the Panic of 1837 caused by Jackson’s banking policies
William Henry Harrison-Whig candidate in 1840

11. Indian Removal
Section 4

12. Indian Group Sauk Choc- taw Chicka-saw Chero-kee Semi-nole Problem
Leader or Important Person
Black Hawk
Sequoya- writing system
Osceola
Problem
Ordered
Indian Removal Act by Gov
Sent to Indian Territory/ 1/4th died on march
Forced to move west
Georgia militia attacking b/c gold was found on land
Organized an armed resistance to the removal
Results
Fought until they ran out of supplies
Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
Better treaty/ many lives still lost
Took case to court /Trail of Tears
Seminole win
Extra
Info/State of Origin
Black Hawk War
Illinois
Mississippi
Georgia
Second Seminole War /Florida

13. Indian
Group
Sauk
Choc-
taw
Chicka-saw
Chero-kee
Semi-nole
Leader
Problem
Results
Extra
Info

14. Indian Removal Act
Authorized removal of American Indians who lived east of the Mississippi River
Jackson thought opening up the Native lands to settlers would improve the economy

15. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Created by Congress to oversee federal policy toward American Indians

16. Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
Gave more than 7.5 million acres of Choctaw land to the state of Mississippi

17. Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
Court case brought by the Cherokee against the state of Georgia to stop their removal.
Supreme Court refused to hear it.

18. Worcester v. Georgia
Court ruled that the Cherokee nation was a distinct community in which the laws of Georgia had no force.
Jackson’s response was to refuse to enforce this court order, when Georgia ignored the Court’s decision.