The Jacksonian Impulse
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The Jacksonian Presidency
A. Nature of appointments
B. Political rivalry between Van Buren and Calhoun
C. Jackson’s democratic concept of rotation in office
D. The Peggy Eaton affair
Policies in conflict with Calhoun
A. Internal improvements
1. Jackson’s veto of the Maysville Road Bill 1830
2. Attitude toward other internal improvements
B. The nullification issue
1. South Carolina’s concern about the tariff
2. Calhoun’s theory of nullification
3. The Webster-Hayne Debate
a. Original issue of the debate
b. Views of Hayne and Webster
4. Jackson ‘s toast at the Jefferson Day Dinner
C. The final break with Calhoun
1. Crawford’s letter relating to Calhoun’s disciplining of Jackson
2. Cabinet shake-up
3. Van Buren’s appointments to Britain killed by Calhoun
4. Calhoun takes lead of nullificationists
The nullification crisis
A. The tariff problem
B. South Carolina’s actions of nullification
C. Jackson’s response
1. Nullification Proclamation
2. Troop reinforcements
3. Force bill
4. Lowering the tariff
D. Resolution of the crisis
Jackson’s Indian policy
A. Jackson’s attitude
B. Indian Removal Act and treaties
C. Indians in the Old Southwest
D. Black Hawk War
E. Seminole War
F. Cherokee’s Trail of Tears
1. Georgia’s legal actions against the Indians
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2. Supreme Court rulings
3. Jackson’s reactions
4. Cherokee’s removal
The bank controversy
A. The bank’s opponents
B. Jackson’s views
C. Biddle’s effort to re-charter
D. Jackson’s grounds for veto
E. The election of 1832
1. Innovations of the anti-Masonic party
2. National conventions of the National Republicans and the Democrats
3. Results of the election
F. Jackson’s removal of deposits
1. Basis for his actions
2. Changes in the secretary of the treasury
3. Removals to pet banks
G. Economic reaction to the removal
1. Contraction of credit in Biddle’s bank
2. Speculative binge
3. Increase in land sales
4. State indebtedness
H. Bursting the bubble
1. Distribution Act
2. Specie circular
3. International complications
a. Specie from Britain, France, and Mexico
b. Decrease in British investments
4. Banks begin to collapse
I. Political impact of the controversy
Van Buren and the new party system
A. Emergence of the Whigs
1. Sources of support
2. Whig philosophy
B. Democratic nominees
C. Whig coalitions
D. The 1836 election
Van Buren’s administration
A. Van Buren characterized
B. The Panic of 1837
1. Causes and effects
2. Government reaction
C. Proposal for an independent treasury
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1. Basis for the concept
2. Passage in 1840
D. Other issues of the times
1. Slavery in the District of Columbia
2. The northern boundary
The election of 1840
A. Democratic nominees
B. Whig nominees
C. Nature of the campaign
D. Results of the election
Assessing the Jackson years
A. Voter participation
B. Historical interpretations
C. A closing assessment