Alan Brinkley, The Unfinished Nation 6/e Chapter Nine: Jacksonian America

Andrew Jackson Travels to Washington (Library of Congress) The Rise of Mass Politics The Rise of Mass Politics  Jackson Inaugurated 2 © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Chapter Nine: Jacksonian America The Rise of Mass Politics The Rise of Mass Politics –The Expanding Electorate  The Franchise Expanded  The Dorr Rebellion  Politics Reformed 3 © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Chapter Nine: Jacksonian America The Rise of Mass Politics The Rise of Mass Politics –The Legitimization of Party  The Two-Party System –President of the Common Man  The “Spoils System” 4 © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. “To the victors belong the spoils.” William L. Marcy

Chapter Nine: Jacksonian America John C. Calhoun (Library of Congress) “Our Federal Union” “Our Federal Union” –Calhoun and Nullification  Calhoun’s Theory of Nullification 5 © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Chapter Nine: Jacksonian America Martin Van Buren (Library of Congress) “Our Federal Union” “Our Federal Union” –The Rise of Van Buren  Martin Van Buren 6 © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Chapter Nine: Jacksonian America “Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!” Daniel Webster “Our Federal Union” “Our Federal Union” –The Webster-Hayne Debate  States’ Rights versus National Power 7 © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Chapter Nine: Jacksonian America “The Union - next to our Liberty most dear.” John Calhoun “Our Federal Union” “Our Federal Union” –The Nullification Crisis  Force Bill Proposed  Clay’s Compromise “Our Federal Union - It must be preserved.” Andrew Jackson 8 © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Chapter Nine: Jacksonian America The Removal of the Indians The Removal of the Indians –White Attitudes toward the Tribes  The Black Hawk War 9 © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Black Hawk (Library of Congress)

Chapter Nine: Jacksonian America The Removal of the Indians The Removal of the Indians –The “Five Civilized Tribes”  Cherokee Legal Resistance –Trails of Tears  Removal  Osceola Defiant –The Meaning of Removal  Alternatives to Removal 10 © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Chapter Nine: Jacksonian America 11 © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Expulsion of the Tribes,

Chapter Nine: Jacksonian America Jackson and the Bank War Jackson and the Bank War –Biddle’s Institution  Nicholas Biddle  “Soft Money” versus “Hard Money”  Recharter Bill Vetoed 12 © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Henry Clay (Portrait Gallery)

Chapter Nine: Jacksonian America Jackson and the Bank War Jackson and the Bank War –The “Monster” Destroyed  Government Deposits Removed  Jackson’s Political Victory –The Taney Court  Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge 13 © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Chapter Nine: Jacksonian America The Emergence of the Second Party System The Emergence of the Second Party System –The Two Parties  Democrats’ Emphasis on Opportunity  Whig Calls for Industrial Development  Religious and Ethnic Divisions  The American System  Van Buren Elected 14 © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Chapter Nine: Jacksonian America Politics After Jackson Politics After Jackson –The Panic of 1837  Boom  Bust –The Van Buren Program  “Independent Treasury” System 15 © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Chapter Nine: Jacksonian America Politics After Jackson Politics After Jackson –The Log Cabin Campaign  William Henry Harrison  Mass Voter Appeal 16 © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. William Henry Harrison (Library of Congress)

Chapter Nine: Jacksonian America Politics After Jackson Politics After Jackson –The Frustration of the Whigs  A New Political Alignment –Whig Diplomacy  Tensions with Britain  Webster-Ashburton Treaty  Treaty of Wang Hya 17 © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Chapter Nine: Jacksonian America Debating the Past: Jacksonian Democracy 18 © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Chapter Nine: Jacksonian America The First Extra (Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division, New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation) Patterns of Popular Culture: The Penny Press 19 © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.