Chapter 14: Andrew Jackson and the Growth of American Democracy

14.5 Nullification Crisis Congress passed a law raising tariffs North liked the tariffs South disliked the tariffs Calhoun led South Carolina’s rebellion over the tariffs. Said tariffs favored northern states Threatened to secede Compromise reached when Congress agreed to lower tariff tax over next 10 years

14.7 Jackson’s Indian Policy Jackson had very little sympathy for natives The Five Civilized Tribes of the South hoped to stay on their homelands and learned the “white way” of life. Indian Removal Act of 1830 Allowed Jackson to make treaties with Indians to move to new land in the Great Plains Supreme Court said they could keep their lands in the east Jackson forced them to move anyway! Trail of Tears is the journey that 17,000 natives took from Georgia to Oklahoma

Trail of Tears

Chapter 14 Reading Check What is a tariff? Why did the South not like tariffs? Why did the North like tariffs? What compromise was reached concerning tariffs? What is the Trail of Tears?