Chapter Ten Power Politics in Jackson’s America America and Its Peoples: A Mosaic In The Making, 5th ed. Martin, Roberts, Mintz, McMurry, and Jones
Voter Turnout, 1824-1860
Extension of Male Suffrage Some states and territories reserved the suffrage to white male property holders and taxpayers, while others permitted an alternative such as a period of residence.
Election of 1828
Trail of Tears (Indian Removal) Andrew Jackson’s Indian-removal policy was known to many Native American as the Trail of Tears. Native Americans were herded westward off their lands to open the territory for expansion. The trek brought death to perhaps one-fourth of those who set out.