Transcript Jackson*s Policy Toward Native Americans

Age of Jackson
SS. Standards 8.8-1,2;8.4-3; 8.10-1,3
Andrew Jackson: The Common Man
President
President Andrew Jackson: The
Common Man president
Jacksonian Democracy
 Government by the people
 Democracy in social, economic, and political life
 Championed the cause of the farmer and the laborer in an
agricultural and industrial society
 Limited government but with a strong president
Quick Review: 3 Branches of
Government
What actions as president got Jackson
this title: “King Andrew?”
8.8-1Discuss the
election of Andrew
Jackson in 1828…
his actions as
president…policy of
Indian Removal…
2. Describe the
purpose, challenges,
and economic
incentives associated
with westward
expansion…account
s of the removal of
Indians, the
Cherokees “Trail of
Tears…”
Jackson’s Policy Toward Native Americans
374-378:Cornell Notes
 Main Idea
Why It Matters Now
 Indian Removal Act------------- Indian Territory----------------- Trail of Tears------------------- Page 388 Questions 3, 4 and 5----Answer
 3.What were Georgia’s policies toward Native Americans?
 4.What was Jackson’s position on Native Americans in the
United States?
 5. How did the Indian Removal Act affect Native Americans?
 Video Clip
Native American Movement page
376: label, draw routes, create legend
Page 376 Removal of Native Americans
 Cherokee ________ red
 Chickasaw ________blue
 Chocktaws ________yellow
 Creek ___________purple
 Seminole _________orange
 Other Tribes _______black
8.10-1 Compare the
conflicting
interpretations of
state and federal
authority as
emphasized in the
speeches and
writings of
statesmen such as
Daniel Webster and
John C. Calhoun.
-3 Identify the
constitutional issues
posed by the
doctrine of
nullification and
secession…
Conflicts Over States’ Rights
379-383: Cornell Notes
 Main Idea
Why It Matters Now
 John C. Calhoun-------- Tariff of Abominations----- Doctrine of Nullification--- Webster-Hayne Debate-------
 Daniel Webster--------------- Secession------------------ Page 388 Q 6,7,8
 How did the issue of tariffs divide the country?
 Why did nullification threaten the nation?
 How was the nullification crisis resolved?
Federal
vs.
States
Daniel Webster
John C. Calhoun
 “Liberty and Union, now
 “The Union-next to our
and forever, one and
inseparable!”
liberty, the most dear; may
we all remember that it can
only be preserved by
respecting the rights of the
states and distributing
equally the benefits and
burdens of the Union.”
Page 382: Webster-Hayne Debate
What is the
importance
of the
WebsterHayne
debate in
congress?
--3 min
video clip
8.8-1Discuss the
election of Andrew
Jackson in 1828…
his actions as
president…veto of
the National Bank…
8.4-3 Analyze the
capitalism and
economic problems
and conflicts that
accompanied it…
Jackson’s opposition
to the National
Bank…
Prosperity and Panic
384-387:Cornell Notes
 Main Idea
Why It Matters Now
 Inflation------------ Martin Van Buren------ Panic of 1837----------- Depression---------- Whig Party------- Page 388 Q 9,10
 9. Why did Jackson oppose the Second Bank of the United States?
 10. What were the effects of the Jackson’s war on the bank?
 3 min video clip
War on the Bank of the United States
What actions as president got Jackson
this title: “King Andrew?”
How do you think President Jackson
would do today in 2012?
 What would he do for our country to help make the
economy better? Jobs?
 Education?
 Health care?
 Violence?