President Andrew Jackson Outline
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Essay #1 What did Andrew Jackson change as president?
Lead sentence: Andrew Jackson changed the country in many ways.
A Free Speech
-Before Jackson
● -People could say what they wanted to regarding slavery.
● -Flyers, posters, meetings
-During Jackson
● -Preventing free speech about slavery
● -Burning flyers.
● - Jackson asked congress to not discuss slavery.
B Bank Wars
Before Jackson
● The second national bank was largest, held all gov.
money.
● Only rich people could get credit from the bank. They
were happy. Poor people could not access the credit.
During Jackson
● Jackson split up big bank into smaller state banks.
● Ordinary citizen could access credit to start a business or
buy land to farm.
● Wealthy and Congressmen did not like it.
C. Nullification Crisis
Before Jackson
● Slave States wanted but did not have the right to nullify
“say no” to federal laws.
During Jackson
■ -States Rights vs. Federal government
● Calhoun (SC) wanted states rights
● Jackson wanted to save the Union.
● Jackson defended the country over his own needs.
● He felt that we were a country of people, not of states.
D. Indian Removal
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● -5 different tribes were removed onto “Indian territory” (Oklahoma)
according to the Indian removal act signed by Jackson.
● Jackson’s reasons for Indian removal- Indians not developing or
“wasting” the land. Ordinary white Americans should be allowed to
use it for farming cotton. Indians slowing down the economy.
● Economic Reasons- Southern land was the best for crop growing.
Cotton was a very profitable cash crop at the time.
● Trail of Tears: Cherokee challenge law to Supreme Court and win.
Jackson got one Cherokee chief to sign a treaty, so they had to leave.
● Bad effects on the 1,000 journey, 4,000 die.
Essay #2 How did Andrew Jackson change the presidency? What was the job like
before he was president vs. during and long after he was president?
Lead sentence: Andrew Jackson changed the job of president in important ways.
A. The President as “leader of the government”
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B. The use of the veto
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C. Political Parties
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D. Popular Vote
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E. Spoils system
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