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Introduction Alexis De Tocqueville Equality of Opportunity 2
The Rise of Mass Politics Jackson s Inauguration Andrew Jackson Travels to Washington (Library of Congress) 3
The Rise of Mass Politics The Expanding Electorate Broadening the Franchise The Dorr Rebellion Democratic Reforms Participation in Presidential Elections, 1824-1860 4
5 The Rise of Mass Politics The Legitimization of Party The Second Party System Democratic Party-1820 s Jackson s Supporters Political Opposition Andrew Jackass Strongest Support in New York President of the Common Man The Spoils System-Political Rewards Limited Nature of Democratic Reform Jackson s Theory of Democracy To the victors belong the spoils. William L. Marcy
Our Federal Union Calhoun and Nullification Calhoun s Theory of Nullification States Final Authority-V.P. Calhoun Alternative to Secession Federal Supremacy over States Force Acts-1833 6 John C. Calhoun
Our Federal Union The Rise of Van Buren Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren (Library of Congress) 7
Our Federal Union The Webster-Hayne Debate States Rights Versus National Power Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable! Daniel Webster 8
Our Federal Union The Nullification Crisis Compromise Our Federal Union - It must be preserved. Andrew Jackson The Union - next to our Liberty most dear. John Calhoun 9
The Removal of the Indians White Attitudes Toward the Tribes Changing Attitudes Toward the Indians U.S. Policy towards Tribes Acquisition of Native Land The Black Hawk War Sauk and Fox Indians Defeated U.S. Atrocities 10 Black Hawk (Library of Congress)
The Removal of the Indians The Five Civilized Tribes Agrarian Tribes of the South (Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw) Removal Act Cherokee Nation v. Georgia(1831) Jackson Ignored Separation of Powers Cherokee Resistance 11
The Removal of the Indians Trails of Tears Cherokee Removal Oklahoma Reservations Indian Removal Relocated West of Miss. River The Seminole War The Meaning of Removal Alternatives to Removal 12
The Expulsion of the Tribes, 1830-1835 13
Jackson and the Bank War Jackson s Opposition to Concentrated Power Andrew Jackson (Library of Congress) 14
Jackson and the Bank War Biddle s Institution Nicholas Biddle Hard and Soft Money Jackson s Veto Henry Clay (Portrait Gallery) 15
The Election of 1832 16
Jackson and the Bank War The Monster Destroyed Removal of Government Deposits Jackson Victorious The Taney Court Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge 17
18 The Changing Face of American Politics Birth of the Whig Party Democrats and Whigs Democrats Emphasis on Opportunity Calls for Territorial Expansion Whigs Call for Economic Union Expansion of Federal Power Anti-Masons Cultural Issues Clay s American System Election of 1836
The Changing Face of American Politics Van Buren and the Panic of 1837 Distribution Act Panic of 1837 Independent Treasury The Log Cabin Campaign New Techniques of Political Campaigning William Henry Harrison (Library of Congress) 19
The Changing Face of American Politics The Frustration of the Whigs Whigs Break with Tyler Tyler former Democrat Whig Diplomacy The Caroline Affair Aroostook War The Creole Affair-1841 Webster-Ashburton Treaty Treaty of Wang Hya 20
Conclusion Jackson s Legacy Two Party System Democratic Party Destroyed the Bank of the U.S. Andrew Jackson (Library of Congress) 21
Where Historians Disagree: The Age of Jackson 22
Patterns of Popular Culture: The Penny Press The First Extra (Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division, New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation) 23