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