The Years of Andrew Jackson:

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CHAPTER 10

• The Years of Andrew Jackson
• 1829 - 1836

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I. Andrew Jackson Takes Charge

• Jackson becomes the peoples president
• Jackson balances his cabinet well but relies only
  on those he completely trusts
• Cabinet appointment of John Eaton hints at future
  problems for Jackson and vice president John C.
  Calhoun
• Jacksons inauguration brings out worst in the
  common man
• Jackson is labeled as president most associated
  with spoils system

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II. Struggles Over Slavery

• The tariff, nullification, and states rights
  cause major conflicts
• Abolitionist strength grows
• Nat Turners slave revolt frightens Virginians
  and divides the state

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III. Political Turmoil and the Election of 1832

• Anti-Masons, labor groups, and states rights
  radicals in South Carolina pose problems for
  Jackson
• Most divisive issue of election becomes future of
  the national bank
• Henry Clay turns the bank into an issue
• Jackson wins easily, viewing his victory as a
  mandate to kill the bank
• Whig party emerges for the purpose of opposing
  Jackson

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IV. The Indian Peoples and the Mexican Nation

• Jacksons attitude toward Native Americans
  mirrors that of most Americans
• Cherokees adopt white ways but are removed to
  Oklahoma anyway
• Some Seminoles escape to Floridas swamps, and
  some Cherokees to North Carolina mountains
• Conflict also occurs with Mexico over Texas,
  where independence does not equal peace

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Removal of the American Indians
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V. Revival

• Protestant revivalism is rooted in evangelism,
  with preachers such as Charles Grandison Finney
  urging people to repent
• Joseph Smith begins to instruct his followers in
  the Mormon faith

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VI. Character Development

• Cult of domesticity emerges, but mostly among
  middle and upper class women
• Middle class American women become interested in
  reform movements
• Abolition gains more support than any other
  reform effort

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