16 April 2014 Do Now: Define Hero / Villain You may retake your quiz 11.3/11.4 if you haven’t done so already. By the end of the class period you should have turned in 12.1 and 12.2 All chapter 11 assignments will be accepted until Wednesday for ½ credit. I will take your green scheduling paper if it’s completed.

Election of 1824

Suffrage What is it? Suffrage reformers from the East worked to expand voting rights by dropping land requirement to vote. In the West, any white male over the age of 21 could vote. Before 1828, <27% of the ppl could vote By the election of 1828 nearly 58% of the ppl could vote. African American males begin to lose the right to vote. Do you think the changes in suffrage requirements helped Andrew Jackson to a landslide victory in 1828?

Election of 1828

“The Statue of Andrew Jackson”, by Vachel Lindsay Andrew Jackson was 8 feet tall. His arm was a hickory limb and a maul. His sword was so long he dragged it on the ground. Every friend was an equal. Every foe was a hound… What does this poem tell us about how some people viewed Jackson? How does this contradict the image painted by those calling him “King Mob?”

Dr. Sturgis Anti Jackson