Post on 05-Jan-2016
Andrew Jackson• Represents something new• Tennessee • 1812 Hero• Led Florida Invasion• Bitter from “Corrupt Bargain”• 1828 Election• Expand suffrage• Spoils System• “King Andrew”
The Era of Jackson
• Opposed Federal Money for local projects• Supported Interstate Projects• Pork Barrel • Jackson and States Rights
– “to our union, it must be preserved”
• Calhoun and Nullification (re: tarriffs)
• “Understanding you now, no further communication with you on this subject is necessary.”
Andrew Jackson as the Great Father
Jackson and Indian Removal • 1830 Indian Removal
Act• Cherokees adoption of
American ways• Seminoles – military
resistance • Cherokees – Legal
resistance (John Ross)• Worcester v. Georgia • Trail of Tears
– 25% die en route
• Genocide?
Jackson and the Bank• 2nd 20yr charter to expire• Bank of US supporters claim
bank = stability• Jackson claims bank is
Undemocratic• Claims it makes rich richer +
leads to foreign control• Vetoes renewal• Withdraws federal deposits• Deposits to “Pet Banks” • Creates concerns about
inflation• Initial speculation boom leads
to later Panic
Jacksonian Legacy• Van Buren as successor
– deals with Panic of 1837
• Whig party emerges • Increased democracy /
voting rights / workers rights
• Spoils System• Destruction of the Bank• Indian Removal • One of two “powerful”
presidents pre 20th Century
The Hermitage – Andrew Jackson’s home built around 1804
Back side
Front side
TRUE OR FALSE
• “Jackson’s removal / destruction of Native American groups from the American south was inevitable and necessary because their unwillingness / refusal to assimilate into American culture represented a threat to the surrounding communities.”
• Based on what you know about Cherokee Indian society in the early 1800s was this statement true or false. Use at least 2 examples to support your answer.
The Vann House – Built in Georgia around 1804 by James Vann a Cherokee leader of mixed blood.
The Hermitage – Andrew Jackson’s home built around 1804