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Page 1: The Age of Jackson - mrhunthistory.weebly.com · The Age of Jackson 1. Analyze the image on the following slide. 2. Answer the corresponding questions on your handout

The Age of Jackson

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The Age of Jackson

1. Analyze the image on the following slide.2. Answer the corresponding questions on your handout.

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The Age of Jackson

Andrew Jackson, upper left, stops to greet people after winning 

the presidential election in 1828.

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The Age of Jackson

The presidential election of Andrew Jackson ushered in a new era of 

politics.  Jackson was a war hero.  He was called “Old Hickory” by his 

troops because he was as tough as “the hardest wood on all creation.” 

Jackson was also a self‐made man who said that the common people 

should control their government.  In this lesson, we will discover how 

well Andrew Jackson promoted democracy during his presidency.

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From the Frontier to the White House

Individually:1. Read pages 258 in History Alive!2. Discuss and answer the corresponding questions on your handout. 

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From the Frontier to the White House

1. Complete this road map of Andrew Jackson’s journey from the frontier to the White House. In each space, write a sentence explaining the date’s significance.• 1767:  Jackson was born into poverty on the South Carolina frontier.• 1788:  Jackson moved to Tennessee to practice law.• 1814:  Jackson became a national hero for his defense of New Orleans during the War of 1812.

• 1824:  Jackson ran for president but did not have enough electoral votes to win a majority.

• 1828:  Jackson ran for president a second time and won.

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From the Frontier to the White House

2. Add dialogue in the speech bubbles to reflect what the common people and the upper class might have felt about Jackson’s journey from the frontier to the White House. Use these words in your dialogue: Democratic Party, Jacksonian Democracy.• Common people:  The people want Jacksonian Democracy, the idea that common people should run the government. The new Democratic Party will represent the ordinary people of this country like farmers, workers, and the poor.

• Upper class:  Jackson is unfit to be president. He’s not well educated, and he has a hot temper.

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The Inauguration of Andrew Jackson

1. Move into groups of 4. 2. Look at the following Image A.3. Discuss and answer the corresponding questions on your handout.

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A.

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The Inauguration of Andrew Jackson

Image A:1. What are three interesting and unique details in the image?

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The Inauguration of Andrew Jackson

In your group:1. Read page 260.2. Discuss and answer the corresponding question on your 

handout. 

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The Inauguration of Andrew Jackson

3.  What did President Jackson promise he would do to promote democracy?• Jackson promised to throw out the monied interests and return the government to the people.

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Jackson’s Approach to Governing

In your group:1. Read page 261.2. Discuss and answer the following questions on your handout. 

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Jackson’s Approach to Governing

1. Add dialogue to the speech bubbles to reflect what the common people and upper class might have felt about Andrew Jackson’s approach to governing. Use these words in your dialogue: civil servants, spoils system.

• Common people:  Jackson is a strong leader who does what he thinks is right. We agree with his decision to replace civil servants. Rotating them is more democratic than lifetime service.

• Upper class:  The men in Jackson’s kitchen cabinet are not the proper sort to be running the country. And Jackson has created a spoils system that rewards his supporters, not the most qualified.

2. What did the “kitchen cabinet” refer to?

• Jackson did not rely on his cabinet for device, but made most decisions with the helped of trusted friends who were said to meet with him in the White House kitchen. 

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Jackson’s Approach to Governing

In your group:1. Look at the following slide: Image B2. Discuss and answer the corresponding questions on your 

handout. 

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B.

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Jackson’s Approach to Governing

Image B:1. Who are the people attached to the strings?2. What do you think is the cartoonist’s opinion of these people?3. According to the cartoonist, does Jackson’s approach to 

governing promote democracy? Why or why not?

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The Nullification Crisis

In your group:1. Read page 262.2. Discuss and answer the following questions on your handout. 

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The Nullification Crisis

1. Add dialogue to the speech bubbles to reflect how northerners and southerners might have felt about the new tariff law of 1828. Use these words in your dialogue: tariff, secede.• Northerners: We support the new tariff (taxes imposed by the government on goods important from another country. Higher prices for imported factory goods means we can sell the products made in our own factories.

• Southerners:  The new tariff law is unconstitutional. The tariffs hurt our cotton sales to other countries. We will secede (withdraw from an organization or alliance) if the government tries to enforce the law.

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Jackson’s Indian Policy

In your group:1. Look at the following slide: Image C2. You do not need to answer these following questions on your 

handout, but discuss and answer them with your group.

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E.

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Jackson’s Indian Policy

Image E:1. Describe the people and animals in the image? 2. How do you think the people feel?3. Where do you think they are going? 

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Jackson’s Indian Policy

In your group:1. Read page 264‐266.2. Discuss and answer the corresponding questions on your 

handout. 

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Jackson’s Indian Policy

1. What was the Indian Removal Act?  What happened if Indians refused to move? • 1830 Congress passed Indian Removal Act that allowed the president to make treaties in which American Indians in the East traded their lands for new territory on the Great Plains. 

• Groups that refused to move voluntarily were met with military force. 

2. Do you think Jackson’s Indian policy promoted democracy? Why/Why not?

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Political Cartoon 

Directions:1. On a separate sheet of paper, and after examining the political 

cartoon, create your own political cartoon for the Jackson Administration. It should answer this question: Did Andrew Jackson promote democracy? Be sure to focus on one of the topics we looked at (Bank, Nullification, Indian removal, etc.)

2.   At the bottom of the political cartoon, provide a 1 sentence explanation. 

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