the age of jackson. regional economies create differences industry took off in new england, whose...
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The Age of Jackson
The Age of Jackson
• Regional Economies create differences
• Industry took off in New England, whose economy depended on shipping and foreign trade.
• Eli Whitney’s invention the cotton gin made it possible for Southern farmers to produce cotton more profitably.
The Cotton Gin
Balancing Nationalism and Sectionalism
• Clay’s American System-establishing a protective tariff, fix the national bank, and develop transportation systems.
• Missouri Compromise-Maine was admitted as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.
The Election of 1824
The Election of Andrew Jackson
• The Election of 1824-Jackson lost the election to John Quincy Adams.
• Jacksonians accused Adams and Clay of stealing the presidency by making a corrupt bargain.
• Jackson wins presidency 1828
The Election of 1828
Jacksonian Democracy
• Jackson’s ideal Political power for all classes. He sought to give common people a chance to participate in government.
• The spoils system-New administrations hire their own supporters to replace supporters of the previous administration.
Jackson Administration
The Indian Removal Act
• The federal government provided funds to negotiate treaties that would force the Native Americans to move west.
• Worcester v. Georgia• "John Marshall has made his
decision; now let him enforce it!"
The Indian Removal Act
• Trail of Tears-forced marches the Cherokee followed from Georgia to the Indian Territory.
Nullification and the Bank War
• In 1824 and again in 1828 Congress increased the Tariff of 1816.
• The Nullification Crisis-Calhoun developed a theory of nullification to try to free South Carolinians from the tariff
• If a state found an act to be unconstitutional, the state could declare the offending law inoperative within its borders.
Jackson’s Bank War
• Jackson tried to kill the Second Bank of the U.S. by withdrawing all government deposits from the bank’s branches and placing them in certain state banks.
The Panic of 1837
• Pet banks printed money in excess of gold and silver they had on deposit.