The Age of Jackson

The Age of Jackson

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  Section 7.3
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  Look at thetime line below. For each of the dates shown, list key events relating to Jackson’s political career. 1824 1828 1830 1832 Jackson loses presidential election to John Quincy Adams. Jackson wins Jackson pushes Congress to pass Indian Removal presidential election. Act. Jackson refuses to enforce Supreme Court ruling on Worcester v. Georgia.
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  Look at thetime line below. For each of the dates shown, list key events relating to Jackson’s political career. 1824 1828 1830 1832
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   Cherokee Choctaw  Seminole,  Creek  Chickasaw
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  In your opinion,what factors set the stage for the Indian Removal Act? Support your answer. Think About: • the attitude of white settlers toward Native Americans • Jackson’s justification of the Indian Removal Act • why Jackson was able to defy the Supreme Court’s ruling in Worcester v. Georgia
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  In your opinion,what factors set the stage for the Indian Removal Act? Support your answer. Think About: • the attitude of white settlers toward Native Americans • Jackson’s justification of the Indian Removal Act • why Jackson was able to defy the Supreme Court’s ruling in Worcester v. Georgia •racial prejudice •differences in lifestyle •greed for the Indian lands •white settlers’ belief in their rights to the land
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   The federalgovernment would provide funds to negotiate treaties that would force Native Americans to move west.  Jackson supported it, because allowing Native Americans to remain in their original areas would have required the use of too many troops to keep the area free of white settlers.
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   The CherokeeNation is a distinct political community that Georgia is not entitled to regulate or invade.  It falls under the jurisdiction of the Federal government
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   He refusedto enforce it.  “Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it!”
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   Because ofthe misery it caused  the Cherokee had their lands taken from them  more than a quarter of the Cherokee died en route  Government officials and outlaws stole from them along the way  they were given land that was far inferior to what they had been forced to leave.
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  Section 7.4
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  1. Key Players ◦ Andrew Jackson – Federal Power ◦ John C. Calhoun – States’ Rights ◦ Robert Hayne – States’ Rights ◦ Daniel Webster – Federal Power ◦ Henry Clay - Compromise
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  2. Key Events ◦ The Tariff of Abominations passes ◦ Calhoun develops the nullification theory ◦ Hayne and Webster debate ◦ Congress passes the Tariff of 1832 ◦ the South Carolina legislature declares the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 void ◦ Congress passes the Force Bill ◦ Clay works out a compromise
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  3. Causes ◦Differences in the economies of the North and South lead to different opinions on tariffs ◦ tariffs harmful to the Southern economy passed
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  4. Results ◦Clay’s compromise ◦ agreement that the tariff bill would gradually lower duties over a ten-year period ◦ the crisis between states’ rights and federal authority temporarily resolved
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  5. Key Players ◦ Andrew Jackson ◦ Nicholas Biddle ◦ Martin Van Buren ◦ possibly also Henry Clay and Daniel Webster
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  6. Key Events ◦ Clay and Webster introduce renewal of the bank’s charter ◦ Jackson vetoes renewal ◦ pet banks established ◦ Biddle calls in loans ◦ the charter expires
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  7. Causes ◦The BUS charter up for renewal ◦ deep disagreement about whether the bank served the nation’s interests ◦ feelings of distrust and resentment by the bank’s opponents over whether the bank was a tool of the wealthy
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  8. Results ◦BUS becomes just another bank, and it eventually closes ◦ Jackson criticized for misusing presidential power ◦ Jackson’s opponents form the Whig Party.