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If you were elected

President, who would you

put in government positions

in the Executive Branch?

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your

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this!

Andrew Jackson

a. Nicknamed “Old Hickory”

for his toughness

b. Major General during the

War of 1812

c. Won major victories in the

Battle of Horseshoe Bend

& The Battle of New

Orleans

d. Led campaign against

Cherokee Indians

John Quincy

Adamsa. Democratic-Republican

b. Jackson accused Adams

and Henry Clay of working

together to strike a deal to

make Adams President.

c. The Democratic-

Republicans split and

became two separate

Parties…

Democrats vs Whigs

a. Federalist Party Dissolved

b. 4 Democratic-Republicans

ran & No one received

majority

c. Went to the House of

Representatives

d. Adams was named the

next President

e. Jackson was MAD!!!!@!

Results

a. Called Adams victory a

“corrupt bargain”

b. Jackson was seen as a

“man of the people”

c. Born in log cabin

d. Poor

e. Orphaned at about 14

f. Worked his way up till he

owned a plantation and

was wealthy

Result: 3 times as many people vote & Andrew Jackson wins

President Jackson

a.Became 7th President

b.Strengthened the

power of the

presidency

c.Took on many

opponents

Washington at the Capital

Washington

represented the

“Elite People”

Jackson’s Campaign

Jackson represents

the “Common Man”

The Spoils System

a.Distrusted politicians

b.Fired hundreds and

replaced them with his

supporters

c.Rewarded his campaign

supporters with jobs –

“The Spoils System”

Giving Government jobs to

people in the President’s Party

as a reward for their support.

Jacksonian Democracya. Disliked the wealthy

b. Supporter of the “Common

Man” – The Regular Guy!

c. Changed the voting

requirements–

*Didn’t have to own

property to vote.

*Must be male, 21+, & white

Vs. Native Americans

a.Passed The Indian

Removal Act of 1830

b. Law passed by Congress

to force the Indians still

East of the Mississippi

River off their land

*Whites wanted their land for

cotton and gold!

Vs. Native Americans

a.Because of the Indian

Removal Act -

b. Indians were forced

west to reservations

(Oklahoma)

c.The Trail of Tears was

their route

Worcester v Georgiaa.Georgia Passed a law in 1830

stating no white man could

live among the Indians without

a license

b.Worcester was arrested and he

sued

c. Case went to the Supreme

Court – He won

d. Jackson didn’t care & removed

the Indians anyway

Vs. Nullification

a.North supported high tariffs

b.South opposed high tariffs.

South wasn’t getting any

roads or canals built in

their section of the country

*Tariffs help some sections of

the country but hurt others

Vs.

Nullification

a.Congress passed the Tariff of

1828-South called them Tariff of

Abominations

b.South was furious

c. Vice-President John C. Calhoun

secretly published an essay

saying that states could nullifylaws that violate their rights-

States Rights!

Nullification Crisis Jackson began threatening to hang Calhoun for treason. President talking

about killing the V.P…Wow!!!

Vs. Nullification

a. Daniel Webster told Congress

that the Union should stay

together “now and forever,

one and inseparable”

b. South Carolina decided they

wanted to nullify the tariff

and threatened to secede

(1832)

c. Jackson considered

nullification to be treason

Vs. Nullification

a.Jackson sent the navy

to Charleston Harbor

b. The Force Bill –

*Passed by Congress

*Gives the President

the power to use the

military to force a state

to comply

Vs. Nullificationa.Henry Clay (Great

Compromiser and creator

of the American System)

proposed The Compromise

Tariff to reduce the tariffs

over the next ten years.

b.South backed down and

this prevented a

permanent split between

the North & South for a

while longer

Vs. The

National

Bank

a. Thought banks were the tool of the

wealthy

b. Vetoed the National Banks charter in

1832-the bank can’t operate

c. Placed Federal money in state banks

(Jackson’s Pet Banks)

d. This led to the Panic of 1837-Panic is

when people take all their money out

of the bank because they are afraid of

what will happen to the economy

Jackson didn’t get blamed because he’d

already left office

Issue Details

Issue #1:Native

Americans

1. Held land in ____________2.The land was good for __________ ____________and

whites wanted it. ________was also discovered on their land.3.Jackson signed ___________ __________ ______ of

1830. It was about opening Indian lands to settlement by whites. (This Act led to the _______ ___ _______).

4. Worcester vs. Georgia. A Christian missionary refused to ______ ___ ________and had been put in prison. Court said that a state can not over rule a Federal Treaty. Jackson _________to _________!

5.Leaders of the Cherokee people signed the Treaty of ____ __________ agreeing to relinquish the land for $_______.

6.In ______ , federal troops rounded up about __________ Cherokees. Forced to march in the cold, rain, and snow, many grew weak and ill. Over 4,000 died. This harsh journey to Indian Territory became known as the ______ ___ ______

3 Issues Faced by Andrew JacksonName: _________________________________ Class Period: ___________ Date:

_________________

Issue #1

Native AmericansBy the 1820s, about 100,000 Native Americans

remained east of the Mississippi River. 1. They held large areas of land in Georgia and other

Southern states. The U.S. Government had signed a treaty with the Cherokee saying they had the rights to this land.

2. The Cherokees set up a constitution based on the U.S. Constitution and founded the Cherokee Nation. However, the land was good for growing cotton and whites wanted it. Later, gold was discovered on their land. Now the state of Georgia began pressuring Jackson to remove the Indians from the land and open it up to white settlers.

Cherokee land at the Northern tip of Georgia

Jackson believed the government had the right to decide where Native Americans could

live. He believed they were a conquered people and they could either adopt white culture and

become citizens of the U.S. or they could move into the Western territories. They could not

have their own governments within the nation’s borders. As whites were moving onto Indian land, Jackson asked Congress to pass a law

that would require Native Americans to either move west or submit to state laws. Many Americans objected to Jackson’s proposal.

3. Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Jackson pushed Congress to pass this act. It passed by 1 vote. The act called for the government to negotiate treaties that would require Native Americans to relocate west. Jackson claimed this policy would allow Native Americans to keep their way of life but it was really only about opening Indian lands to settlement by whites. (This Act led to the Trail of Tears).

The Indian Removal Act said that Native Americans would be moved to an area in Oklahoma that became known as Indian

Territory. The Cherokees refused to move and sued in Federal Court to protect their land.

4. One of the cases that made it to the Supreme Court was Worcester vs. Georgia. This involved a Christian missionary who lived with the Indians. He had refused to sign an Oath of Allegiance to Georgia and had been put in prison. The Supreme Court under Justice Marshall ruled in favor of the Native Americans. The Court said that a state can not over rule a Federal Treaty. The President’s job is to make sure that Federal law is obeyed. But Jackson refused to enforce the Supreme Court’s decision!

Should the President be allowed to do whatever he wants?

5. Under pressure, leaders of the Cherokee people signed the Treaty of New Echota on

Dec. 29, 1835 agreeing to relinquish (give up) the land for $5 million.

This was just a small group and the Cherokee people had not authorized them to sell their

land. The men didn’t profit from the sale and really believed they were doing the right thing

for their people but only a few thousand Cherokee agreed to move. The rest continued to farm their land and waited to see what the

U.S. government would do.

6. In 1838, federal troops and militia rounded up about 16,000 Cherokees and forced them into camps. Soldiers took people from their homes with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Forced to march in the cold, rain, and snow without adequate clothing, many grew weak and ill. One in 4 died along the trail. Over 4,000 died. This harsh journey of the Cherokee from their homeland to Indian Territory became known as the Trail of Tears.

It was a 1,000 mile march in the middle of a very harsh winter. People died of disease and

starvation

Hero or Zero?

Hero or Zero?

Exit Ticket

Fill in the following sentence stem

Andrew Jackson is a _____________ because…

(Hero/Zero)

List at least 2 reasons in your sentence.