Name _________________________
Early American History: Democratic Strength__________________
SSUHS7 Students will explain the process
of economic growth, its regional and
national impact in the first half of the 19th
century, and the different responses to it.
it.
e. Explain Jacksonian Democracy,
expanding the suffrage, the rise of
popular political culture, and the
development of American nationalism
Essential Question
• How did the concept of democracy
change in America during the early days
of the union?
• What is Jacksonian Democracy?
• How did the present emphasis on
political populism begin?
• What is Andrew Jackson’
Jackson’s presidency
noted for?
Vocabulary
• Jacksonian, Trail of Tears, Cherokee,
Seminole, Corrupt, spoils system,
kitcheb cabinet, Democrat party, Tariff
of Abominations, Ordinance of
Nullification
1. Democratic Party
2. Election of 1824
Results
How many electoral votes were needed to win?
Jackson
Adams
Crawford
Clay
Who chooses the President when no one has a majority of the electoral votes?
Who won?
Who did Adams appoint as his Secretary of State?
“corrupt bargain”
3. Political Parties
National Republican
Democratic-Republican
Whig Party
4. John Quincy Adams
Sum up his Presidency:
5. Why was the Democratic Party created?
6. Election of 1828
Who wins?
What group voted for Jackson?
7. “King Mob”
8. Andrew Jackson
What was Jackson’s early life like?
“Old Hickory”
What two contradictory views did Jackson have toward blacks?
What made President Jackson different from previous presidents?
How did Jackson’s election give more power to the average people?
What state was Jackson from?
Why was this significant?
a self-made man
Andrew Jackson’s 3 firm convictions
1.
2.
3.
spoils system
Who did Jackson have removed from office?
Jackson’s defense of the spoils system
Why did Jackson feel that it was important to change officeholders?
How was the spoils system abused?
What was the Cabinet made up of?
“kitchen cabinet” made up of ?
Who were some of the members of the “kitchen cabinet”?
Why did Jackson feel that newspaper editors should be placed in public office?
head of “the humbler members of society”
Daniel Webster
John Calhoun
Thomas Hart Benton
Andrew Jackson
Peggy Eaton affair
9. Indian Policy
Jackson’s view of Indians
Where did Jackson feel the Indians would be happier?
Indian Resettlement Act of 1830
# of treaties negotiated during Jackson’s term
The Five Civilized Tribes
Second Seminole War
Cherokee Indians
Sequoyah
conflict between the Supreme Court and the state of Georgia over the Cherokees
Trail of Tears
uncompromising support for Indian resettlement
10. The Bank
Why did Jackson attack banks?
“money power”
Who did Jackson believe controlled the money in the banks?
Why did farmers join Jackson’s hatred of the Bank?
Why did business owners dislike the Bank?
11. Election of 1832
Results
12. The Treasury Department
How did Jackson attempt to destroy the Second Bank before 1836?
“pet banks”
13. “Tariff of Abominations”
What happened to tariffs between 1816 and 1828?
What did John Calhoun claim in regards to state’s rights?
14. South Carolina Exposition and Protest
What other states went along with the protest?
15. Robert Hayne-- Where from? And view on tariff issue
16. Daniel Webster-- Where from? and view on tariff issue
“Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable
17. Jackson’s reaction
Who said “Our Federal Union- it must and shall be preserved.”
Who said “The Union- next to our liberty...preserved by respecting the rights of the states.”
What was going on at that White House dinner?
18. Why was the Tariff Act of 1832 unacceptable to the South?
19. Secession !?!
Ordinance of Nullification
What did Jackson threaten South Carolina with if they seceded?
Why did secession fail?
20. Tariff Act of 1833
21. Force Act
22. Jackson’s Farewell Address
23. Election of 1836
Who wins?
Richard Johnson affair is about?
24. Depression of 1837
What had Jackson done with the federal money he had withdrawn from the Second Bank in 1832?
“easy money”
land speculation from 1830 to 1836
Specie Circular
specie
Why did the banks fail in 1836 and 1837?
25.How did President Van Buren respond to the depression?
26. Election of 1840
platform
William Henry Harrison
How did the Whigs portray the wealthy Harrison?
“Tippecanoe and Tyler Too”
27. What was William Henry Harrison’s fate after election?
28. John Tyler
“His Accidency” means what?