andrew jackson part i: native american removal focus questions: why was andrew jackson’s election...
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Andrew Jackson Part I: Native American Removal
Focus Questions: Why was Andrew Jackson’s election in 1828 symbolic? How and why does Jackson disobey
Congress?
BellringerList three details from the picture.
When and where do you think this is?What do you think is happening?
Recap:
• Who was the 5th President?
• Why was the Monroe Doctrine significant?
• How was John Quincy Adams able to increase American territory?
Andrew “Old Hickory” Jackson is President
Battle of New Orleans
In War of 1812
made him popular!
“I cannot believe that killing twenty-five hundred Englishmen at New Orleans qualifies [him] for the various difficult and complicated duties of the Presidency.” - - Henry Clay, powerful Speaker of the House on the prospect of Andrew Jackson becoming president in 1824.
Jackson: ‘Man of the People’Born in a smallLog Cabin in SC
War of 1812 hero of the
Battle of New
Orleans
First president since George Washington
without a college education
Jackson downplayed the fact that he was a wealthy landowner in Tennessee with over 100 slaves at the Hermitage.
Andrew Jackson and his supporters form a the new political party, the Jacksonian Democrats for the Election of 1828
Jackson’s Mansion---------------------The Hermitage
12 miles east of Nashville, TN
Jacksonian Democracy
• Rules about voting changed - He is elected by the “common” man (white men who pay taxes – you no longer have to own land to vote)
The Spoils System
• Jackson gives friends and supporters government positions – they don’t have to earn the position or be qualified for it
• Spoils ~ refers to the phrase “to the victor go the spoils”
Video Clip: Andrew Jackson and the Trail of Tears
• Answer Questions 5-9 on your handout as we watch
Wrap Up
2. Who won the Election of 1828?
3. What did the Indian Removal Act do?
4. What is the name of the court case where the Cherokee filed a suit against Georgia?
5. Where did the Native Americans have to move on the Trail of Tears?