THE AGE OF JACKSON

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CHAPTER 12

• THE AGE OF JACKSON
• 1824-1840

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SECTION 1

• POLITICS OF THE PEOPLE

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JACKSON ELECTED

• ELECTION OF 1824
• CORRUPT BARGIN
• ADAMS WINS
• ELECTION OF 1828
• COMMON MAN
• JACKSON WINS

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JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY
ANDREW JACSON

• COMMON PEOPLE
• MAJORITY RULE
• SPREAD POWER
• EXPANDED VOTING
• WAR HERO
• OLD HICKORY

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A NEW POLITICAL ERA

• SPOILS SYSTEM
• GIVING GOVERNMENT JOBS TO SUPPORTERS
• EXPAND DEMOCRACY
• MORE VOTING RIGHTS
• MORE RIGHTS FOR THE COMMON PERSON
• COMMON PEOPLE RUN THE GOVERNMENT
• LIMITED GOVERNMENT

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SECTION 1 QUIZ

• WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE CORRUPT BARGIN?4
• WHAT IS YOUR OPINION OF JACKSON SAYING HE IS A
  COMMON MAN.6
• HOW DID JACKSON GET HIS NICKNAME?2
• DEFEND THE SPOILS SYSTEM.6
• WHAT DID JACKSON DO FOR THE COMMON MAN.2

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SECTION 2

• JACKSONS INDIAN POLICY

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REMOVAL

• GOLD WAS DISCOVERED ON CHEROKEE LANDS IN GEORGIA
• WHITES WANTED INDIAN LAND FOR FARMING
• JACKSON WANTED ALL INDIANS MOVED WEST OF THE
  MISSISSIPPI RIVER
• INDIAN REMOVAL ACT WAS PASSED IN 1830

SEQUOYA, CHEROKEE LEADER
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TRAIL OF TEARS

• INDIANS WERE FORCED TO MOVE TO INDIAN TERRITORY
  (OKLAHOMA)
• SUPREME COURT RULED CHEROKEES DID NOT HAVE TO
  LEAVE
• JACKSON SENT THE ARMY TO FORCE THEM OUT
• 1/4 OF THE CHEROKEES DIED ON THE WAY TO OKLAHOMA
• THIS BECAME KNOWN AS THE TRAIL OF TEARS

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RESISTANCE

• NOT ALL INDIANS LEFT PEACEFULLY
• OSCEOLA IN FLORIDA WON MANY BATTLES
• IN THE END MOST INDIANS WERE MOVED WEST

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SECTION 2 QUIZ

• WHY WERE THE CHEROKEES MOVED OFF THEIR LAND?1
• EXPLAIN HOW THE CHEROKEES WERE ADVANCED.4
• DESCIBE INDIAN TERRITORY.2
• WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND TO MAKE THE TRAIL OF
  TEARS BETTER.6
• WHAT WOULD CHANGE IF YOU WERE AN INDIAN IN
  FLORIDA DURING FORCED REMOVAL?5

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SECTION 3

• CONFLICTS OVER STATES RIGHTS

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SECTIONAL DIFFERENCES

• THREE MAIN SECTIONS
• NORTH, SOUTH , WEST
• NORTH
• HIGH PRICED LAND, HIGH TARIFFS, ROADS
• SOUTH
• OPPOSED FEDERAL SPENDING, NO TARIFFS
• WEST
• CHEAP LAND, ROADS, MORE SETTLEMENT

JOHN C. CALHOUN, SOUTH CAROLINA
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PROBLEMS

• TARIFF OF ABOMINATIONS
• SOUTHERNS WERE OUTRAGED
• HELPED THE NORTH
• NULLIFICATION
• CALHOUN, DOCTRINE OF NULLIFICATION
• STATES COULD NULLIFY A FEDERAL LAW
• SAME AS THE VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS

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STATES RIGHTS DEBATE

• WEBSTER-HAYNE DEBATE
• DANIEL WEBSTER, MASSACHUSETTS- AGAINST
• ROBERT HAYNE, SOUTH CAROLINA- FOR
• PRESIDENT JACKSON V.P. CALHOUN

DANIEL WEBSTER
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SECESSION

• SOUTH CAROLINA DID NOT LIKE THE TARIFF
• S.C. NULLIFIED THE TARIFF
• VOTED TO BUILD AN AMRY
• THREATENED SECESSION
• JACKSONS RESPONSE
• THE TARIFF WAS REDUCED
• HE WOULD SEND THE ARMY ILL HANG THE FIRST MAN I
  CAN GET MY HANDS ON
• HENRY CLAY CAME FORWARD WITH A COMPROMISE

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SECTION 3 QUIZ

• LIST EVIDENCE FOR SECTIONAL DIFFERENCES.4
• HOW WOULD YOU CHANGE THE TARIFF OF ABOMINATIONS
  TO HELP THE SOUTH?3
• BASED ON WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD RECOMMEND TO
  CALHOUN ABOUT NULLIFICATION?6
• HOW IS THE WEBSTER-HAYNES DEBATE AN EXAMPLE OF
  SECTIONAL DIFFERENCES?8
• IN YOU OPINION WAS JACKSONS RESPONSE TO SOUTH
  CAROLINA CORRECT? EXPLAIN.6

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SECTION 4

• END OF JACKSON

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SECOND BANK OF THE U.S.

• JACKSON DISLIKED THE BANK
• TO MUCH POWER
• DISLIKED BIDDLE
• VETOED THE CHARTER
• HELPED HIM WIN A 2nd TERM

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PANIC OF 1837

• INFALATION CASED PRICES TO RISE
• VAN BUREN ELECTED 1836
• RUN ON BANKS
• BANKS WENT OUT OF BUSINESS
• PEOPLE LOST JOBS
• 90 OF FACTORIES CLOSED
• CLAY AND WEBSTER WANTED GOVERNMENT TO HELP
• FORMED THE WHIG PARTY
• VAN BUREN DID NOT WANT TO HELP
• HARRISON ELECTED 1840
• DIED 2 MONTHS AFTER ELECTION
• JOHN TYLER FIRST V.P. TO TAKE OVER AS PRESIDENT

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SECTION 4 QUIZ

• DEFINE VETO.1
• WHY DID JACKSON DISLIKE THE BANK?1
• WHAT ARE REASONS FOR A DEPRESSION?4
• NAME THE LEADERS OF THE WHIG PARTY?1
• WHAT IS REASON JOHN TYLER BECAME PRESIDENT?4