1. Jackson and Sectional Differences
Level 1
Jackson and Sectional Differences
Picture is a link to a nice preview of Jackson

2. 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

3. 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?

4. 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.

5. 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.
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

6. 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.

7. 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

8. 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?