1. The Americans
Page 262

2. Andrew Jackson 3 Column Chart
Kitchen Cabinet
Spoils System
Veto Power

3. For your assigned category give examples that show Jackson’s changes in government.
Lime – Kitchen Cabinet
Yellow – Spoils System
Blue – Veto Power
The Americans – page 262 to 263

4. Upper Left Hand Column A B C D E F
There should be one person of each color in your group of 3.
Share your notes (verbally) with your group mates so they can take down the notes on their chart

5. Andrew Jackson: The Common Man

6. What makes him a common man?
Born in poverty in North Carolina backcountry
Son of Scotch-Irish immigrants
First President without a college education
Had careers in law, politics, land speculation, cotton planting, and soldiering prior to Presidency

7. Political Beliefs Believed he represented the nation as a whole
Disliked people who obtained power from wealth
Relied on Kitchen Cabinet – personal friends who advised him in political and governmental decisions

8. Actions as President
Used spoils system, a practice in which he fired and replaced 10% of government employees with his loyal supporters
Vetoed more bills than did all previous Presidents combined
Signed pork-barrel bills – those that benefited his political friends
You will still hear this phrase today!

9. Treatment of Indians
Indian Removal Act of 1830 – forced Indians west to land that later became Oklahoma
Black Hawk War of 1832 – Illinois, Indians who resisted Jackson’s plan slaughtered by local militia
Jackson’s removal of the Cherokees – ignored the Supreme Court decision in Worcester v Georgia (1832) allowing the Cherokees to remain in Georgia

10. 2 Major Issues of Jackson’s Presidency
States’ Rights
Second Bank of the United States

11. States’ Rights

12. States’ Rights Senator Benton of Missouri Proposal
Unsold federal lands be reduced in price or given away
Northern states disagreed
Power play by Western states

13. Tariff of Abominations
Tariff on British goods
Caused hardships only to Southern states
VP John Calhoun devised a nullification plan: each state had the right to nullify (cancel) a national law (tariff) within its borders if it felt that the law was unconstitutional
South Carolina threatened to secede (withdraw) from the Union if forced to pay tariffs any longer

14. National Debate January 1830
Senator Robert Hayne
South Carolina
States’ Rights
Senator Daniel Webster
Massachusetts
Federal Rights

15. Jackson decides To support federal rights Disagrees with his VP
Decides that Martin Van Buren will be his VP candidate in 1832 election

16. Outcome
Force Bill (1833) legalized the use of federal militia against the state
South Carolina repealed (ended) its nullification ordinance in response to the Force Bill

17. Second Bank of the United States

18. Banks . . .
Jackson considered them a symbol of the privileged class, and therefore, a threat to democracy.
States considered them too strong a competitor
Farmers distrusted paper money issued by bank; preferred hard money
Bank Leader, Nicholas Biddle, was disliked

19. 1831: Senator Benton (Missouri) introduced a resolution against renewing the bank
Bank became most important issue of 1832 Election
Jackson moved federal funds ($) into chosen state banks (known as pet banks by opponents)
Biddle refuses loans to new businesses ( ) due to large amount of federal money removed from banks
State banks – printed more $ than what was deposited – value of $ declines

20. Outcome
US financial capital moved from Philadelphia to New York (still there today!)
Formation of Whig Party
Supporters of States’ Rights
People who opposed Jackson’s bank policies
Opposed a chief executive having too much power

21. Chapter 10 Section 3 Daily Activity – Nullification Crisis
Enrichment Activity – Henry Clay and the Bank