Warm-up: Use your book to define the following: Tariff Secede Nullify
Tariff – tax on imported goods Tariff Crisis!!! Tariff – tax on imported goods
Secede - Secede -To break away
Nullify - Nullify - To cancel
When you see Andrew Jackson write the slide.
Andrew Jackson 1829-1837 7th president War hero of 1812 Tennessean Self-made man
Indian Policies Bank Crisis Jacksonian Democracy Nullification Crisis The Age of Jackson Indian Policies Bank Crisis Jacksonian Democracy Nullification Crisis
Nicknamed “Old Hickory” It was said that Andrew Jackson was “as strong as a hickory stick.”
1828 – Democratic-Republican Political Party Split!! Andrew Jackson Whigs/ Republicans John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson & The Democrats Distrusted big government Supported by immigrants, laborers, frontiersmen
John Quincy Adams’ Political Party Whigs/ Republicans Believed in strong central government Wanted to build roads National bank Supported by merchants
Election of 1828 – Andrew Jackson won! Shift in politics to the Common Man Views left a legacy on politics He represented a government by the people
Read pg. 378-379 Tariff Debate Read with a purpose to find the following: Which section of the United States would SUPPORT a tariff? Which section of the United States would REJECT a tariff?
Which section of the U.S. would support a tariff? WHY? Tariff Crisis!! Discuss Which section of the U.S. would support a tariff? WHY?
Which section of the U.S. would reject a tariff? WHY? Tariff Crisis!! Discuss Which section of the U.S. would reject a tariff? WHY?
Nullification Crisis People in the northeast would SUPPORT a tariff because it would force the south to buy American made products. People in the south would REJECT a tariff because it would raise prices on American goods.
Nullification Crisis THE SOUTH PROTESTS the TARIFF!! They want to nullify the tariff! Some southerners want to secede. Revolved around the ability of a state to declare federal laws unconstitutional.
Tariff of Abominations Video http://youtu.be/VNgIUUD7i-A
States Rights! The states believed that the federal government was created by the states. The states should decide if a federal law was constitutional.
Nullification Crisis Andrew Jackson believed that the union is more important than the states when overruling the constitutionality of a law.
Andrew Jackson Video http://youtu.be/EGfxyeuy8u8 Show one minute 30 sec. of video to highlight Jackson’s accomplishments. Entire video is good. If you want to see it, watch it at home.
“Liberty, Union, now and forever one and inseparable.” **Daniel Webster
“Our federal union must be preserved.” Andrew Jackson
QUIZ: Number you paper 1-5. Choose the correct answer. 1. The 7th President Andrew Jackson was (for/against) tariffs. 2. A tariff would (increase/decrease) the cost of imported goods into the United States. 3. The (North/South) was trading with Europe. 4. The tariff angered the (North/South). 5. The (North/South) wanted the tariff because it would make the (North/South) dependent on American goods.
States Rights! If you don’t believe in states rights, who do you think should decide on the constitutionality of a federal law? How is this belief supported?
What is Jackson’s view on nullification?
Warm-up: Describe the Nullification Crisis in 8 sentences. You must use the following words: Nullification Tariff South North Secede