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Andrew Jackson

Explore Andrew Jackson's impactful presidency - from expanding suffrage to controversial policies like the Spoils System, leading to the Trail of Tears and the battle over states' rights. Learn about key events, such as the Worcester v. Georgia case and the role of the Second Bank of the U.S., in shaping American history.

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Andrew Jackson

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  1. Andrew Jackson

  2. MORE DEMOCRACY! • More suffrage, or the right to vote, • 21 • Candidates chosen in National Party Conventions, instead of caucuses (private meetings) • Candidates adopted platforms, or statements of beliefs as well as ideas • Electoral college members chose by public primaries instead of by state legislatures

  3. Kitchen Cabinet • Unofficial advisors or friends

  4. Spoils System • Giving government jobs to friends, family, and political supporters “To the victor, goes the spoils”

  5. Worcester v. Georgia Case • Georgia wants to remove Indians from their land Decision • John Marshall rules the Cherokees are a separate nation & didn’t have to leave Georgia b/c they (Indians) had a FEDERAL treaty

  6. Trail of Tears • Forceful removal of Indians from Georgia to Oklahoma

  7. 40% TAX!!! States Rights – 1828 • Vice President John C. Calhoun • “Tariff of Abominations” • Doctrine of Nullification • Nullify the law, would not be enforced within the state • The state would have the right to secede (withdraw) from the union.

  8. States Rights – 1832 • Declaring the tariffs to be null and void, secede from the union • Treasonous, Hang Calhoun, send federal troops into S. Carolina • Force Bill of 1833 • the Great Compromiser, repealed • SSSW

  9. SLAVERY SSSW SECTIONALISM STATES RIGHTS WESTWARD EXPANSION

  10. Second Bank of the U.S. • Henry Clay & Daniel Webster • Nicholas Biddle

  11. State banks & farmers • Vetoed the charter • Jackson vs. Clay

  12. Pet banks • NYC • King Andrew • they felt that Jackson had gained too much power

  13. RESULTS Van Buren • Whig Party • American system, protective tariff, federal system, national currency • England • Martin Van Buren; “Old Tippecanoe” • Harrison dies; John Tyler J. Tyler Harrison

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