3.5 Hours: 2nd Half : Post Industrial Revolution (Noe/Carter—Industrialization, ?)
SEVEN HOURS: Early American History Segment
OVERVIEW (1 hour 20 minutes) : America in the Age of Jackson
What was the Jacksonian Era?
How did Americans define themselves? What did it mean to be an
American?(regional N/S; race, gender, class, ethnicity, religion, culture).
What were the major issues/themes/controversies?
Jacksonian Democracy and the Jacksonian Democratic Party
Federal-state sovereignty issues (set up for nullification)
Economic Development
Industrialization
Bank War
Expansion of the Cotton Economy
FORMAT: Lecture/ppt presentation by Braund with Noe. Focus will be on Indian
Removal and Nullification.
DOCUMENTS:
Andrew Jackson's Message to Congress "On Indian Removal"
The Indian Removal Act of 1830
Political Cartoons
The Others: Native Americans (1 hour 50 minutes). Summary
of culture, attitudes, situation circa 1820 or thereabouts. Focus
on Indian point of view and situation: civilization, tribal responses
to increasing pressure due to white expansion, demands for land, economic
situation, slavery among Indians.
FORMAT: Braund lecture with maps, documents, images.
DOCUMENTS:
Elias Boudinot's "An Address to the Whites," 1826
Cherokee Constitution
more to come….
The States (1 hour 20 minutes)
Sovereignty and Nullification: State-Federal Conflict
FORMAT: Presentations by Braund and Noe
Braund's focus: Georgia as a case study: extension of state jurisdiction over
Cherokee and nullification of Cherokee law.
Noe's focus: Nullification crisis.
DOCUMENTS:
Jackson's Proclamation on Nullification
Exposition and Protest
Georgia Laws (1829-1830)
The national debate over removal (1 hour)
Views pro and con for removal. This will be document-based discussion, with
groups devising arguments pro and con on removal.
FORMAT: Braund will direct groups in analysis and discussion of documents.
DOCUMENTS:
Edward Everett's Speech Opposing Removal
Henry G. Lamar's Speech Supporting Removal
Lewis Cass's essay in the North American Review
Jeremiah Evarts' William Penn essay, 1829
Andrew Jackson's State of the Union Address, 1830
Indian responses to Removal Demands—Cherokees and Creeks as the
examples. (1 hour 30 minutes)
FORMAT: Braund lecture with PowerPoint highlighting: Cherokee lawsuits and
Creek negotiations. Brief overview of the actual process of forced removal.
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
Worcester V, Georgia
Treaty of New Echota