THE AGE OF JACKSON Ch 3 Part II Chapter 3 strikes back

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THE AGE OF JACKSONCh 3 Part II Chapter 3
strikes back

• US History
• Mr. Holguin

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Objectives

• Students will be able to
• Describe the regional differences between the
  North and South.
• Identify key issues during the Jackson
  administration.
• Describe the struggles of Native Americans during
  the Jackson Administration.

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Objectives continued

• Summarize the reason people moved west.
• Describe key figures and events during the Texas
  war for Independence.
• Explain the sequence of events dealing with the
  Mexican-American War.
• Analyze the California Gold Rush.

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Early Industry in the US

• The North-
• -Shipping, Textiles, milling.
• The South
• -Cotton, Tobacco, Plantations
• Eli Whitney Invented the Cotton gin ?

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The American System

• Established a protective Tariff
• Re-charter for a national bank
• Internal Improvements-roads, canals, bridges,
  etc.
• Henry Clay of Kentucky?

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Missouri Compromise 1820

• Maine enters the US as a free state.
• Missouri enters as a slave state.
• North of 36 30 was free, south was slave.
• This avoided increasing tension between the north
  and the south

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Missouri Compromise 1820
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Andrew Jackson

• Jackson is elected president in 1824
• Jacksonian Democracy- Common people have a place
  in government
• Spoils System- Jackson awarded jobs to his
  supporters after his victory.

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Native Americans

• Indian Removal Act of 1830- The US forced many
  tribes to move west.
• Worcester v. Georgia
• Trail of Tears- The Cherokee nation was forced to
  walk 800 miles to Oklahoma.

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Nullification Crisis

• John C. Calhoun developed the Doctrine of
  Nullification
• Jackson was primed to use force against S.C. but
  Henry Clay made a compromise to avoid violence.

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Tippecanoe and Tyler Too

• William Henry Harrison and John Tyler defeated
  Martin Van Buren to become president
• Harrison soon died making Tyler President in 1840.

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Manifest Destiny

• The belief that the US had the God given right to
  expand from ocean to ocean.
• Many trails to the west were blazed and many
  began traveling westward.

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Texan Independence

• Mexico wanted Americans to settle in Texas
  territory.
• Anglos soon outnumbered Mexicans in Texas.
• Cultural differences caused the Texans to rebel.

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Remember the Alamo

• In the Battle of the Alamo, the Texan rebels were
  defeated by Gen. Santa Anna
• Sam Houston and company took revenge by killing
  630 Mexican soldiers in 18 minutes at San
  Jacinto.
• Texas became independent in 1836.

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Mexican American War

• Once Texas entered the US in 1845, war seemed
  imminent.
• In 1846, the Republic of California was
  proclaimed but was quickly included into US
  territory.
• General Zachary Taylor stormed through Mexico and
  the war was over in roughly 1 year.

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848

• Mexico agreed to the Rio Grande as the border
  between Texas and Mexico.
• The US paid 15 million for the Mexican Cession.

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California Gold Rush

• 49ers- Gold was discovered at Sutters mill in
  1848.
• Thousands rushed to California in the hopes of
  striking it rich.
• The Californian economy was completely
  transformed.