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US History & Government
The Age of Jackson(1828-1836)
The Jackson Presidency
• 1828– Jackson wins
• Democratic Party• Represents the “common man” & the self-made
man
• 1832– Jackson re-elected
Images of President Jackson
Task: Positive or negative impact? ___________________________________________
Task: Who still cannot vote? ___________________________________________
Andrew JacksonPresident Andrew Jackson –
•A war hero.
Task: America loves to elect war heroes to the Presidency, can you name some? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, George H.W. BushElection of 1828 –
Jacksonian Democracy at work -
•More people were given the right to vote, Mass Politics
•It was no longer a requirement that you own land in order to vote.
positive
The Spoils System –
•Government jobs were given to loyal supporters of the political party that won the election.
•He did this to ensure government was truly the servant of the people.
Task: Jackson is known as the “peoples’ president.” Why? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
President Andrew Jackson
Fires 2,000 workers and replaces them with his
supporters.
Vetoes more acts of Congress than any
President that came before him.
Closes the National Bank because he felt it supported Northerners and hurt the farmers.
Fights Tariff of 1828 (Tariff of Abominations)
High tariff means more money for northern manufacturers; less money for Southern
farmers.
South believed it could nullify an act of
Congress if it felt it was unconstitutional.
nullify: declare void
Indian Removal Act
Jackson forces 100,000 Cherokee Indians off
their land in Georgia to land west of the
Mississippi.
Trail of TearsWorcester v. Georgia –
•Cherokee Indians took their case to the Supreme Court.
•John Marshall ruled that Georgia had no authority to push the Cherokees off their land.
•Georgia ignored the ruling and forced the Cherokee to flee in the dead of winter.
1,000 miles // 4,000 dead
Task: Choose a character in this painting. Circle him/her. Tell what is happening from their perspective. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Seneca Falls Convention
Lucretia Mott Susan B. Anthony Elizabeth Cady StantonSeneca Falls, New York – 1848
•Drew attention to inequalities faced by women and get women the right to vote:
•Men controlled all of his wife’s property, earnings, and children
•Women couldn’t vote.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal…that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights…
The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations [seizures of power] on the part of man toward woman…[to establish] absolute tyranny over
her...”
- Declaration of Sentiments, 1848Task: Which document did Stanton borrow from and why? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Land Acquired between 1783-1867
Land Date Acquired
Acquired From
How land was acquired
Louisiana Purchase
(1803) France Pres. Jefferson purchased from France for $15 million
Florida (1819) Spain Adams-Onis Treaty. US gave up claims to Texas
Texas (1845) Independent 1836 Texas declares independence & requests admission to the union
Oregon (1846) Britain Treaty that extended the 49th parallel to the Pacific Ocean
Mexican Cession
(1848) Mexico War with Mexico led to the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Gadsden Purchase
(1853) Mexico Purchased to build a railroad
Alaska (1867) Russia Purchased because Russia short of money