Jackson and Sectional Differences Level 1 Jackson and Sectional Differences http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/andrewjackson Picture is a link to a nice preview of Jackson

Vocabulary Tariff: tax on imported goods Depression: when the economy is weak Nullify: to cancel out or make useless Secede: leave the Union Treason: a serious crime against a country

Essential Questions How did Jackson’s policies affect the political, economic, and social life of the nation? How was Jackson viewed by different groups of people?

Intensifying Sectional Differences 1828: North was industrial South was agricultural North helped to pass the Tariff of 1828 which hurt the South because the South imported many goods.

Intensifying Sectional Difference Protective tariff, 1828 Tax on imports South didn’t like it because they imported goods South called the tariff the “tariff of abomination” S.C. blamed the tariff for their economic depression. V.P. Calhoun agreed with S.C. and stated that when a states rights were violated they had a right to nullify it and if it failed they had the right to secede. http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/andrewjackson Start video at 1:50 What is a depression? Long economic downfall What does it mean to nullify? To not follow a law What does secede mean? To leave the union

Intensifying Sectional Differences 1832: The Issue of State Rights and Sectionalism The North didn’t think states had the right to secede from the Union or to nullify federal laws. Northeast tried to get the West to side with them on the nullification controversy because they were mostly anti- slavery. a New Englander had set up the Land Ordinances that gave the West the right to govern themselves and be part of the Union. The South thought they had the right to nullify and secede from the Union. The South tried to get the West to side with them because the South was worried about losing slavery in their territory. the West was worried about the banning of land purchases that would allow their states and territories to grow.

Intensifying Sectional Differences S.C. passed an Ordinance of Nullification: Tariff of 1832 was “null and void” and stated that S.C. wouldn’t follow it after February 1833 Also stated that if Jackson tried to use force then S.C. would secede from the Union Jackson stated that if S.C. seceded it would be treason. Jackson sent troops to Charleston S.C. Clay made a compromise with the Tariff of 1833 which lowered the tariff and South Carolina dropped nullification. video start at 1:50 Resource: America the last best hope volume 1 by William J. Bennett. Henry Clay

Essential Questions How did Jackson’s policies affect the political, economic, and social life of the nation? How was Jackson viewed by different groups of people?