Jacksonian Democracy A Big block Of Cheese

Do Now and Agenda Based on the song you wrote for class and the notes you took yesterday who do you think should have won the election of 1824? Complete todays do now and turn in song lyrics Complete notes sheet sections on The Corrupt Bargain(section 1) and Jackson’s expansion of voting rights(Section 2). Get through Big Block of Cheese day activity using your textbook

Electoral Dilemma Jackson won the popular vote No one had a majority (more than half) of electoral college votes. Jackson had a plurality(largest single share). When vote went to House, no one had the votes to win.

Corrupt bargain In exchange for becoming Secretary of State Clay will agree to support John Q. Adams for President.

Adams’s presidency Adams’s unpopular policies limited his impact on government. In 1828 with a lot of mudslinging(attacks on another’s character) Jackson and the Democrats defeated Adams and the National Republicans in a landslide(overwhelming majority).

Who were Jackson’s Base? All white men from various economic backgrounds could vote. Pushed for popular election of presidential electors (achieved by 1828) Distrusted a powerful central government, banks and the elite. Wanted economic support for factories and farms.

Spoils System and other issues With Jacksonian Democracy Spoils System: Replaced government employees with your own supporters. Women, African Americans and Natives could not vote

Big Block of Cheese Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v =wFhICoNt76U.

Big Block of Cheese Day Activity Each group has five minutes to look up information relating to key challenges Andrew Jackson faced. The groups will discuss: 1) the spoils system (p.337), 2) the bank(p 348) voting rights(p.337) and 4) the tariff (p.339). Groups will write on a separate sheet of paper if they agree with Jackson’s policy or would develop a different policy and give a reason why. Then they will come to the front of the room and present their proposal to myself and the rest of the class. Each group will have two minutes to present the idea. Step 1: get into groups Step 2: look up information in text book Step 3: write the policy choice your group would follow and one reason why. Step 4: Present idea to class

Exit Ticket What were the benefits and limitations of Jackson’s expansion of democracy?

To Nullify or Not to Nullify Nullification lesson plan

Nullification lesson plan do now and agenda Do now: Write down the answer to this question: How can a state protest a federal policy it disagrees with today? Task 1: complete do now Task 2: Take fifteen minutes to complete section three of the guided notes using your textbook and theses two sites only: Webster Haynes debate summery: https://www.senate.gov/vtour/webhayn.htm and Nullification summary: http://www.ushistory.org/us/24c.asp . Task 3: review Facebook assessment guidelines and work on brainstorming independently .