1. Chapter 7, Section 2 Pages 245-250

2.  How and why should a country seek to expand its territory?  How should a nation treat regional differences?  Are all people equal? Champion of the “Common Man”? OR “King” Andrew?

3.  Election of 1824: Andrew Jackson v. John Q. Adams  Jackson wins popular vote, but loses electoral  House of Representatives has to vote  Henry Clay gives his support to Adams and when Adams wins, he names Clay his Secretary of State  Jackson believes the two made a secret deal

5.  Jackson starts new political party called the Democratic Party  Adams party becomes known as the National Republicans

6.  Popular war hero  “Man of the People”  1820s voting restrictions were being lifted, more poor voters, became strong Jackson supporters

8.  Intense distrust of Eastern “establishment”, monopolies and special privilege.  His heart and soul was with the “plain folk”  Belief that the common man was capable of uncommon achievements  “Jackson coalition” – planter elite in the south, people on the frontier, artisans, state politicians (spoils system), immigrants in the cities

9.  Jackson beats Adams easily  “Age of Jackson” began  Jacksonian Democracy – political power exercised by ordinary Americans

11.  White male suffrage increased  Party nominating committees  Voters chose their state’s slate of presidential electors  Spoils system - rewarding political support with government jobs  Popular campaigning (parades, rallies, floats, etc.)

12.  Southeast was still controlled by Native American tribes  White settlers wanted these lands  Jackson wanted to relocate the tribes in the Southeast so Americans could settle there  Indian Removal Act – relocation of five nations to an area west of the Mississippi River called the Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma)

14.  Choctaw, Creek, and Chickasaw forced to march west hundreds of miles  Exposure, malnutrition, and disease  About ¼ died on the trek  Seminoles fought back  3,000 were forced to move, but they were never officially defeated by the US

15.  Cherokee fought in the courts  Worcester v. Georgia – denied Georgia the right to take Cherokee lands  Government tricked the Cherokee leaders into signing a treaty and then making them leave Georgia  Their journey to Indian Territory was called the Trail of Tears used to describe Indian suffering

17.  Tariff increased price of British goods (encouraged buying of American goods)  North favored it because they were making the goods  South hated it because it forced southerners to buy northern goods instead of less expensive British goods

18.  Drove wedge between Jackson and VP Calhoun (Southerner)  Called “Tariff of Abominations”  Calhoun encouraged nullification, or rejection, of the tariff

19.  1832 Congress passed another tariff  South Carolina declared tariff “null and void” and threatened to secede if the federal government tried to enforce the tariff

20. Sen. Daniel Webster [MA] Sen. Robert Hayne [SC] Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable. Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable. The Union, next to our liberty, most dear. The Union, next to our liberty, most dear.

21.  Issue was resolved by Henry Clay, compromise where tariffs would be reduced by 10% every year  Issue of nullification and states rights would constantly be raised

23. Martin Van Buren