Bell Ringer• Who was responsible for saving many of the

important documents from the White House before it was sacked and burned by the British in 1814?

Moving West• More Americans were moving west• Louisiana became the first state west of the Mississippi

in 1812

• In early 1818 Missouri territory petitioned the US Congress to become the 23rd state.

Congressional Issue of Missouri Statehood• In 1819 there was a balance between slave (11) and

free (11) states in the US Senate.

Congressional Issue of Missouri Statehood• You are member of Congress in 1820.• You have to decide on a plan that will get Missouri

admitted as the 23rd state of the Union and the 12th slave state.• You will then present your plan to a Congressional

Committee where you will have to all agree Missouri’s bid at statehood

The Missouri Compromise• Missouri Compromise

of 1820• Missouri would become

a slave state• Maine would become a

free state• Slavery would be

prohibited in any new territories or states formed north of 36°30’, or Missouri’s southern border

Bell Ringer• Who was the national hero at the Battle of New

Orleans?

General Andrew Jackson

Seminole Indians

Andrew Jackson

President James Monroe

Gen. Jackson’s Florida Campaign

• Jackson took over Spanish military posts and overthrew the governor of Florida.• Helped the US settle its

border dispute with Spain.

• Adams-Onís Treaty• US got East Florida• US gave up claim to Texas

President James Monroe

The Monroe Doctrine• Many colonies in South and Central

America were going through revolutions

• James Monroe was worried about the future role European powers might try to play in the Western Hemisphere• December 2, 1823 he gave a

speech that became known as the Monroe Doctrine

Election of 1824

Andrew Jackson John Quincy Adams

Henry Clay

158,000 in the popular vote99 electoral votes

114,000 in the popular vote84 electoral votes

47,217 in the popular vote37 electoral votes

The Corrupt Bargain

Election of 1828• Andrew Jackson• Democratic Party

• People’s President• Invited everyone to his

inauguration party• 15,000 people showed

up

• John Quincy Adams• National Republican

Party

“What a scene did we witness! … a rabble, a mob, of boys, … women, children, scrambling, fighting, romping …. But it was the people’s day, and the people’s President, and the people would rule.” - Margaret Bayard Smith

Jacksonian Democracy• Spoils System

• From the saying “to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy.”• Jackson reward some of his supporters with government

jobs

• Kitchen Cabinet• Jackson’s informal group of advisors• Often met in the White House kitchen

• Power of the Veto• Before Jackson the veto power was used a total of 10 times • Jackson used the veto a total of 12 times in his presidency

The People’s President?• Was Andrew Jackson

really the people’s president?

• Work with your partner to answer questions about the political cartoon.• Be ready to discuss.

Bell Ringer• In your opinion, was Andrew

Jackson the people’s president? Explain why or why not.

• Population• Agriculture• Fear of invasion

Why do we need more land?

What Stands in the Way?• There are two main obstacles that stand in the way of

the US gaining more land.• The unknown land in the West• Native Americans

• The Cherokee Nation tried to beat Andrew Jackson’s policy and the State of Georgia through the Court system.• They created their own formal

government by writing a Constitution• Very similar to the US

Constitution!

Fighting Fire with Fire

Primary Documents• With your group:• Analyze Documents A-C• Answer the questions about them on your worksheet

• On the back of your sheet answer the following:• What do you think was the outcome of the court case?

Do you think the Cherokee Nation had to be relocated?

Bell Ringer• Who won the Supreme Court case Worcester v.

Georgia (1832)?

• The Cherokee may have won the battle in court, but the lost the war with Andrew Jackson.• President Jackson ignores

the Supreme Court ruling!

Short Victory

“John Marshall has made his decision.

Now let him enforce it!”

Rude Awakening• In 1838 federal troops rounded up the remaining Cherokee people living

in Georgia and forced them into stockades.• Many people were forced out with just the clothes on their

back.• That fall and winter 16,000

Cherokee were forced to march through the rain, sleet, and snow.

Primary Documents• With your group:• Analyze Document D and answer the questions on your

worksheet.