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With your topic create a poster. Include 1. A brief description of the topic 2. Come up with a slogan that represents your topic. (You may not use a historical slogan. Example: Cotton is King!) 15 minutes then we will share!
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Objective: Students will understand the major reform movements during the age of Andrew Jackson.
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Andrew Jackson gets 43% of votes John Quincy Adams gets 30.5% of votes Henry Clay gets 13.2 % of votes William Crawford gets 13.1% of votes No One gets the majority of votes The House of Representatives must decide between top two
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Clay make a deal with Adams John Quincy Adams becomes the 6 th President and appoints Henry Clay as Secretary of State Andrew Jackson calls the deal a “corrupt bargain”
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John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Henry Clay William Crawford
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Jackson’s followers split from the Democratic-Republicans New Parties National Republicans (Whigs) Democratic-Republican Party- Jacksonian Democrats (forerunner for Democratic Party)
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Jackson appealed to the common man because of his humble beginnings. Jackson was a self-made man. Jackson believed that the common man was capable of uncommon achievements.
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More people voted in 1828 because of less property restrictions White males were able to vote Free African-Americans and Women could NOT vote Jackson practiced the spoils system incoming officials throw-out the old appointees and replace them with friends
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Jackson’s Plan- remove Natives off land for American settlement Indian Removal Act of 1830- Native Americans moved to Oklahoma Worchester v. Georgia (1832)- Court ruled that Georgia could not regulate Cherokee or invade their lands
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President Jackson responded- “John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it!” Jackson orders the US army to relocate the Native Americans to Oklahoma = Trail of Tears
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Tariff of Abominations (Tariff of 1828)-Forced the South to buy expensive Northern goods Increased taxes on US goods in 1824 & again in 1828- every four years John C. Calhoun- Vice-president- argued that South Carolina could nullify the tariff law Threatened that SC would secede from the Union
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VP Calhoun resigns in 1832 SC nullified the tariffs Jackson passes Force Bill (1833)- the use of federal army and navy against SC to enforce laws Henry Clay proposes a plan to lower the tariff over the next 10 years- no military action at this time
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President Jackson did not support the Bank of the United States Federal tax revenues deposited in bank & elite collected money off of the interest (on the gov’t) Called it a “monster” Jackson does not renew charter of bank Just another Philadelphia bank 5 years later goes out of business
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Pet banks- term for state banks selected by the US Department of Treasury to receive surplus government funds in 1833.
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Created out of anger from Jackson’s tactics and policies Whigs core beliefs Supported the American System Wanted a protective tariff Wanted to expand roads and canals Wanted trade within the US Wanted a federal controlled national bank National accepted currency
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Martin Van Buren is elected because Whigs had 3 candidates
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Pet banks- printed tons of paper money Specie- gold & silver currency (not paper) People rushed banks to trade paper money for gold & silver Banks did not have enough Banks forced to close People panicked Van Buren blamed for crisis
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William Henry Harrison (Whig) defeats Van Buren & dies in office Vice President John Tyler Takes over “His Accidency”
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Harrison Tyler
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