Transcript US History Lesson Plan – Age of Jackson

Jump Start!
1) Discuss the Monroe Doctrine.
What did it say?
Why did the US believe it was necessary?
2) Discuss the Missouri Compromise.
What was the issue involved?
Why was it important - what effect did it have on the
United States?
Age of Jackson
Indian Removal
Nullification
Bank of the
United States
Two Faced Policy
• Since Jefferson, US Presidents had two Indian
policies:
Assimilation – Change and fit in
Removal
– Move to preserve culture
• Inconsistently applied from 1801 – 1831, after
which the US made full efforts to resettle the
tribes.
Large Native Population
• 60,000 Native Americans occupied Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi
• Five Tribes – Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw,
Creek and Seminoles in SE United States
• Occupied millions of acres
• 94 treaties existed allowing them to live there,
Jackson helped negotiate 9.
Cherokee Adapt - Assimilate
• 1820s – Sequoyah Leads Cherokee
• Develops Alphabet
• Single family farming (Jefferson)
• Opened schools, churches, roads
• Constitution
Government Policy Changes
• Pres. Monroe began the real push to evict
in 1825 resettlement plan sent to Congress.
• Discovery of gold in GA may have
changed everything
• State abolishes Cherokee tribal rule won’t
recognize their sovereignty.
Cherokee Challenge
• Two law suits
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia - 1831
Worcester v. Georgia – 1832
• Result – Supreme Court rules for Cherokee
States cannot invalidate treaties w/Federal
Government. Georgia must help keep white
settlers off Indian land.
Jackson Favors Removal
• Moves from balanced approach to
complete removal.
• “Marshall made his decision, now let him
enforce it.”
• Allows state militia to force Indians off land
“Trail of Tears”
7 Years of Migration
• 1831 – Choctaw were first
• 1836 – Creek were removed
• 1838 – Last of the Cherokee leave
States’ Rights & Nullification
• All about tariffs (again!)
• As America rebuilds manufacturing capacity Britain flood US
w/cheap goods – hurts American manufacturing.
• Government raises tariffs twice to protect business.
• South says – ENOUGH! – tariffs hurt British sales so they
buy less cotton, hurting southern exports.
• John C. Calhoun – Tariff of Abominations -1828
Says tariffs make So dependent on No – making it rich
Nullification Theory
• Calhoun bases theory on VA & KY Resolutions – that
unconstitutional laws can be nullified by states.
• States had the right to “nullify” – cancel laws damaging to
‘sovereign states’ and SC refuses to collect tariffs, threaten
secession.
• Webster/Hayne debate…Government of people or of states.
• President Jackson & Calhoun make conflicting toasts in public –
sets up the two as enemies over the issue.
• Jackson cites SC treasonous – Passes FORCE BILL threatens to
hang Calhoun – SC backs down and pays tariffs.
Bank of the United States
• Jackson’s distrust of banks leads him to kill its charter,
when Webster & Clay try to renew early
• IF it became a campaign issue – gain public support –
harder for Jackson to kill it.
• Jackson says BUS exists for wealthy and targets Nicholas
Biddle (better rates to Congressmen) as the culprit.
• Re-directs country’s accounts to regional “Pet Banks” &
kills the BUS – New York becomes financial capital.
Effects of Age of Jackson
• Presidency strengthened under Jackson
• Democrats split off to form Whig Party
(believers in the American System)
• Jackson’s successors – Van Buren deal with financial
problems due to no centrally controlled bank.
Panic of 1837 – banks fail – printed more money than
they had gold and silver to back up.
• Whig presidencies – William H. Harrison and John Tyler