the jackson era. the republic i.american identity/four themes of growing country a.placing public...

The Jackson Era

The RepublicI.American Identity/Four Themes of Growing Country

A.Placing public good above selfish interestsB.Valued the idea of independenceC.Household economy

1.Define:a.Usually trading within their community and growing what is needed

1.EX:b.MONEY not used

D.Republican Motherhood1.The patriotic women’s role was to instill in her children the values that would make the republic( ) strong

a.

II. New Individualism (Country starts to change)A.Household economy shifts to market economy

1.Market economy:2.People began to send goods to distant markets for CASH3.People’s social ties to their community grew weaker4.Individual success was becoming more important than a person’s responsibility to their community

B. “Self-Made Man”5.Define:2. Example of the wish for personal gain3. How does this make our country different?

C. Expansion of Politics1.Barriers to suffrage( ) were done away with for white males2.Old elite( ) vs. independent men( )

a.More men were running for office

Andrew JacksonI.Andrew Jackson

A. Born in Carolina; son of immigrant parents from Ireland; sensitive( ); Indian fighter; hard worker( )B. Military career

1.Fought in the Revolutionary War and War of 18122.“Old Hickory”

C. Elected president in 18281. First man from land west of the original 13 colonies to become president

Election of 1824I. “Era of Good Feelings”

A. End of the Federalist PartyB. Jeffersonian Republicans 1. Why “Good Feelings”?

II. Election of 1824 Results 

261 Electoral Votes possible

Electoral Vote Popular Vote House of Representatives

Jackson- TN 99 153,544 7

Adams-MA 84 108,740 13

Crawford-GA 41 46,618 4

Clay-KY 37 47,136 -

A.Who won the election of 1824?1. Jackson won popular and electoral vote

with a plurality ( )2.How are electoral votes given? 3. Was there an Electoral Majority?4. No majority = vote in the House

a. Clay was Speaker of the House5. Adams won in House vote

a. Clay becomes Sec. of State()

 B. “Corrupt Bargain” with Henry Clay

1. Jackson is FURIOUS

III. Election of 1828 and the Jackson Presidency

A. Rematch Election of 18241. Beginning of Modern Campaigning

a. Jackson resigns to campaign fulltime

b. Rallies2. Jackson elected President

B.Jackson’s Convictions( ) as President1. Political Democracy:2. Union as a whole

a. b. Nullification Crisis

1. South Carolina threatens to nullify

2. Summary: 3. Jackson calms crisis

a. “Our federal union, it must be preserved.”

C. Power of the Presidency1. gave the presidential office

power and importance it carries today

2. “King Mob”3. Spoils System

Indian RemovalA. Relocation

1.Indian Removal Act 18302.“Five Civilized Tribes”3.Establish Indian Territory

a.OklahomaB. Resistance

1.Seminole tribe in Floridaa.Osceolab.Guerrilla Tactics

C. Worcester v. Georgia1.Supreme Court Ruling:2.Jackson’s Response:3.Challenge to Judicial Power

U.S. Response to Native AmericansI.Many tribes were eliminated by war, starvation and disease( )II.Treaty of Greenville

A.Broke promise of Northwest Ordinance of 1787

1.Indian lands would not be taken without their consent2.Eliminated security for Indians in their ancestral lands( )

B.From 1790’s onward, U.S. government saw tribes as independent nations

1. Why is the “nation” aspect important?

III. Treaties and Indian LandsA. Indian tribes freely consented to cede(

) their land1. Pennies on the acre2. Many treaties obtained through fraud

and violence3. Signed by people who did not speak for

all Indians or the landB. Treaty of Ft. Wayne

1. All of the Northwest Territory() was legally open to white

settlement2. Repeating cycle of whites’ destruction

of Indian environmenta. Cut down forestsb. Introduce disease c. drove off game

Indian Response to White Settlers

C. Trail of Tears1. Legal battle over Cherokee

removal2. 4000 native Americans died on

the trail3. By walking they saved their

pride4. WHITES cried along the trail5. Romanticism:

D.The Whig Party1.Anti-Jackson2.Want a “modern” America

 E.Bank of the United States1.Government Controlled Bank2.Andrew Jackson Fights the Banks

  a. Jackson hated the Bankb. Whigs support the Bankc. People agree with Jackson

3.Jackson kills the bankHow?