Alan Brinkley,
AMERICAN HISTORY 13/e
Chapter Nine:
Jacksonian America
Chapter Nine:
Jacksonian America

Introduction
 De Tocqueville
 Equality of Opportunity
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Chapter Nine:
Jacksonian America

The Rise of Mass Politics
 Jackson’s Inauguration
Andrew Jackson
Travels to Washington
(Library of Congress)
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Chapter Nine:
Jacksonian America
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The Rise of Mass Politics
– The Expanding
Electorate
 Broadening the
Franchise
 The Dorr Rebellion
 Democratic
Reforms
Participation in Presidential Elections, 1824-1860
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Chapter Nine:
Jacksonian America

The Rise of Mass Politics
– The Legitimization of Party
 The Second Party System
– “President of the Common Man”
 The Spoils System
 Limited Nature of Democratic Reform
“To the victors belong the spoils.”
William L. Marcy
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Chapter Nine:
Jacksonian America

“Our Federal Union”
– Calhoun and Nullification
 Calhoun’s Theory
of Nullification
John C. Calhoun
(Library of Congress)
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Chapter Nine:
Jacksonian America

“Our Federal Union”
– The Rise of Van Buren
 Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren
(Library of Congress)
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Chapter Nine:
Jacksonian America
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“Our Federal Union”
– The Webster-Hayne Debate
 States’ Rights Versus National Power
“Liberty and Union, now and forever,
one and inseparable!”
Daniel Webster
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Chapter Nine:
Jacksonian America

“Our Federal Union”
– The Nullification Crisis
 Compromise
“Our Federal Union - It must be preserved.”
Andrew Jackson
“The Union - next to our Liberty most dear.”
John Calhoun
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Chapter Nine:
Jacksonian America

The Removal of the Indians
– White Attitudes Toward
the Tribes
 Changing Attitudes
Toward the Indians
– The Black Hawk War
 Sauk and Fox
Indians Defeated
Black Hawk
(Library of Congress)
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Chapter Nine:
Jacksonian America

The Removal of the Indians
– The “Five Civilized Tribes”
 Agrarian Tribes of the South
(Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw)
 Removal Act
 Cherokee Resistance
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Chapter Nine:
Jacksonian America

The Removal of the Indians
– Trails of Tears
 Cherokee Removal
 Indian Removal
 The Seminole War
– The Meaning of Removal
 Alternatives to Removal
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Chapter Nine:
Jacksonian America
The Expulsion of the Tribes, 1830-1835
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Chapter Nine:
Jacksonian America
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Jackson and the Bank War
 Jackson’s Opposition to
Concentrated Power
Andrew Jackson
(Library of Congress)
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Chapter Nine:
Jacksonian America

Jackson and the Bank War
– Biddle’s Institution
 Nicholas Biddle
 Hard and Soft Money
 Jackson’s Veto
Henry Clay
(Portrait Gallery)
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Chapter Nine:
Jacksonian America
The Election of 1832
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Chapter Nine:
Jacksonian America
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Jackson and the Bank War
– The “Monster” Destroyed
 Removal of Government Deposits
 Jackson Victorious
– The Taney Court
 Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge
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Chapter Nine:
Jacksonian America

The Changing Face of American
Politics
 Birth of the Whig Party
– Democrats and Whigs
 Democrats’ Emphasis on Opportunity
 Whigs’ Call for Economic Union
 Anti-Masons
 Cultural Issues
 Clay’s American System
 Election of 1836
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Chapter Nine:
Jacksonian America

The Changing Face of American Politics
– Van Buren and the
Panic of 1837
 Distribution Act
 Panic of 1837
 Independent Treasury
– The Log Cabin Campaign
 New Techniques of
Political Campaigning
William Henry Harrison
(Library of Congress)
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Chapter Nine:
Jacksonian America

The Changing Face of American Politics
– The Frustration of the Whigs
 Whigs Break with Tyler
– Whig Diplomacy
 The Caroline Affair
 Aroostook War
 Webster-Ashburton Treaty
 Treaty of Wang Hya
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Chapter Nine:
Jacksonian America

Conclusion
 Jackson’s Legacy
Andrew Jackson
(Library of Congress)
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Chapter Nine:
Jacksonian America
Where Historians Disagree:
The Age of Jackson
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Chapter Nine:
Jacksonian America
Patterns of Popular Culture:
The Penny Press
The First Extra
(Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D.
Wallach Division, New York Public
Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden
Foundation)
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