The Jacksonian Impulse Chapter 11 The Jacksonian Impulse

APUSH PowerPoint #4.3 (Part 2 of 3) Unit #4 – Overlapping Revolutions Chapter 9 BFW Textbook TOPIC – Jacksonian Democracy [1825-1845]

III. Jackson’s Indian Policy

A. Jackson’s Attitude Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814) Western States & Frontier Position on Indians Great American Desert Indian Removal Act of 1830

B. Indian Removal Act & Treaties

C. Indians in the Old Southwest Indian lands Resistance (Black Hawk War) a. Jefferson Davis & Abraham Lincoln b. Cherokees c. Seminoles

D. Cherokees’ Trail of Tears Georgia’s Legal Actions Against Indians Supreme Court Rulings a. Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) b. Worcester v. Georgia (1832) Jackson’s Reaction Cherokee Removal

D. Cherokees’ Trail of Tears a. 17,000 Cherokees forced to Oklahoma. b. 800-mile trek c. 8,000 survived march

IV. The Bank Controversy

A. The Bank’s Opponents Second National Bank a. The charter for the bank was due to expire in 1836. b. Jackson disliked the bank (which was popular) and threatened to veto any legislation supporting it.

B. Jackson’s Views Jackson’s Position a. Jackson thought the 2BUS favored the Northeastern establishment at the expense of western farmers.

C. Biddle’s Effort to Re-charter Nicholas Biddle a. President of the “Second” BUS who was caught in a scheme by Henry Clay to renew the Bank’s charter in 1832 (just in time for the presidential election).

D. Jackson’s Grounds for Veto Vetoing the 2BUS a. Foreign influence in the Bank b. Spoils to Congress c. Result of the Veto

E. Presidential Election of 1832 Innovations of the Anti-Masonic Party National-Republican Party Convention Democratic Party Convention Results of the Election

E. Presidential Election of 1832

F. Jackson’s Removal of Deposits Basis of Jackson’s Actions Changes in the Treasury Removal of Funds to the “Pet Banks”

G. Economic Reaction to the Removal Contradiction of Credit in Biddle’s Bank Speculative Binge Increased Land Sales State Indebtedness

H. Bursting the Bubble Distribution Act of 1836 Specie Circular of 1836 International Complications Banks Begin to Collapse

I. Political Impact of the Controversy

V. Van Buren & American Politics

Election of 1836 Election of 1836- The Democrats nominated Vice President Martin Van Buren who continued the policies of the Democratic Party. Martin Van Buren

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