1. Business Age of Jackson test- Review guide B: Tuesday March 21
Monroe
Age of Jackson test-
B: Tuesday March 21
H: Wednesday March 22
Review guide
Q. Adams
Jackson
Van Buren
Harrison

2. Jackson’s Presidency
Was Jackson a good president?

3. What defined Jackson’s Presidency?
Indian relations, removal

4. Southern Indians Values: Honor, dedication, bravery, honesty
Don’t injure, kill others
Lifestyles:
Hunting, farming

5. US vs. Southern Indians
Southern Indians would not blend into US, give up governments
Southern states and Indians:
Indians could not vote, testify in court
Indians must pay taxes, serve in militia
States did not recognize tribal governments

6. US vs. Southern Indians
Worcester v. Georgia- Supreme Court said Georgia law did not extend to Cherokee Nation
Jackson refused to enforce decree
Jackson believed Indians should move west
Present-day Oklahoma
Many disagreed- treaties made granted Indians land

7. Indian Removal 1830- Removal Act Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
Choctaws in Mississippi approached first
Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
US would give land, transportation, grants
If they stayed, the US could not protect them
Choctaws agreed

8. Choctaw Feelings George Harkins, district chief
“TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE:
I ask you in the name of justice for [rest], for myself and my injured people. Let us alone- we will not harm you, we want rest. We hope, in the name of justice that another outrage may never be committed against us… Friends, my attachment to my native land is strong- that cord is now broken; and we must go aw wanderers in a strange land! I must go- let me [beg] you to regard us with feelings of kindness, and when the hand of oppression is stretched against us, let me hope that every part of the United States, filling the mountains and valleys, will echo and say stop…”

9. Indian Removal First- winter 1831-1832
Bitterly cold
US government cut costs of relocation
Spoiled meat, bad food
Seminoles resisted, fought back
1842- Second Seminole War over

10. Trail of Tears Cherokees of Georgia Fought against removal in courts
Tried to accept new customs- made newspaper, constitution, etc
Fought against removal in courts
1838 (after Jackson) soldiers sent to force 15,000 Cherokees west
Left everything behind
4,000 died

14. US and Native Americans

15. US and Native Americans
“Wars of Expansion- Americans fought in North America and overseas to expand the nation’s territory”

16. 1840 Campaign 1836- Martin Van Buren
Democrat (vs. Whigs)
Bad economy (Panic of 1937)
1840- Van Buren vs. General Harrison
Log Cabin Campaign “Old Tippecanoe” “conqueror of Tecumseh”
Harrison came from common folk, Van Buren was an elitist
What does this remind you of?

17. Presidential Progression
Washington ( )
Adams ( )
Jefferson ( )
Madison ( )
Monroe ( )
Q. Adams ( )
Jackson ( )
Van Buren ( )
Harrison (March-April 1841)

18. Jackson Essay Due: Day of the test B- Tuesday March 21
How was Jackson as a president or
Pick a side
Should acknowledge other side
2 page research paper
At least three sources
Work day:
B- Friday
H- Monday
Due:
Day of the test
B- Tuesday March 21
H- Wednesday March 22

19. Should Jackson be celebrated or apologized for?
Celebrated Apologized For