I was born for a storm and a calm does not suit me.

I was born for a storm and a calm does not suit me.

Reign of King Mob Jacksonian Democracy

Today s Non-Negotiable Understand how the election of Andrew Jackson gives rise to mass politics. (e.g. Common Man, changing suffrage requirements, Two Party system- Democrats and Whigs)

Jackson made law, Adams quoted it. He was educated in Nature s school

1828

Patronage The Bank Nullification Indian Removal Internal Improvements These issues will define Jackson s presidency and Jacksonian Democracy

Non-Negotiable Evaluate to what extent the Era of Good Feelings was aptly named. (e.g. Virginia Dynasty, Panic of 1819, Monroe Doctrine, The Lure of the West) Analyze the emergence of the debates between Sectionalism and Nationalism. (e.g Major Political Personalities, Missouri Compromise, Tariff of Abominations, Marshall Court Decisions) Explain the economic revolution with the early railroads and canals, the expansion of businesses with the beginnings of the factory system, the early labor movement; women and social mobility; extremes of wealth, the growth of cotton in the south, slaves and commercial agriculture. Understand how the election of Andrew Jackson gives rise to mass politics. (e.g. Common Man, changing suffrage requirements, Two Party system- Democrats and Whigs) Evaluate how states rights causes division within the union. (e.g. Nullification, Gag Rule, Native American policy- Worcester v. Georgia, 1832, Webster-Hayne Debate) Discuss how political relationships affected economic, political and social policies. (e.g. The Bank War, Compromise over Nullification, Jackson vs. Marshall, Spoils System, The Taney Court) Understand the impact of the Jacksonian era on the nation s economic, and social well-being. (e.g. Clay s American System, The Panic of 1837, continued westward expansion)

Who/What is the epicenter of political action? The People? The President? The Senate? Congress? The Quill Penn Maestro?

Jackson s response: Blessed as our country is with everything which constitutes national strength, she is fully adequate to the maintenance of all her interests, In discharging the responsible trust confided to the Executive in this respect it is my settled purpose to ask nothing that is not clearly right and to submit to nothing that is wrong

Sen. David Barton- The histories of all nations which have lost their liberties lay before them and they saw on their pages that arbitrary Executive discretion and will had been the destroyers of national liberty throughout the greater part of the world the fathers intended to establish a government of law and checks and restraints upon Executive will, in which no case should exist in which the fate of the humblest citizen whether in private or in public life could depend upon the arbitrary will of a single man

Role of the Presidency- Jacksonian Democracy? Republicanism? Ever-Changing?

He would die for the Union; his foes were fighting to keep the possibility of secession alive. Jackson believed that the president should use his powers with a firm hand; his foes thought of the Congress as the government s center of gravity. And so Jackson began his presidency prepared for anything, in much the way he used to travel through the Tennessee wilderness forty years before, looking out for danger, guarding those in his care, and promising to save them all yet Meacham

Nullification Tariff as Proxy Issue? Constitutional Authority/Legality of Secession Theory- States could nullify/void federal law to limit federal authority Sovereignty of people rests with citizens/states; not the federal gov t If Congress does indeed possess such power then an amendment needs to be ratified Jeffersonian/Madisonian Theory- (Kent/Virg Resolutions)

I never use the word nation in speaking of the United States. I always use the word union or confederacy. We are not a nation, but a union, a confederacy of equal and sovereign states. John C. Calhoun

1830 Webster-Hayne Debates Jackson: Our Federal Union it it must be preserved. Calhoun: The Union, next to our liberty, most dear. Webster: Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable

Tariff of 1828 The Tariff of Abominations JQA signed Jackson said tariff went too far Jackson, Calhoun at vortex of battle Other players- Van Buren, Webster, Hayne, Clay

1832 Tariff Conflict 1828 --> Tariff of Abomination 1832 --> > new tariff South Carolina s s reaction? Jackson s s response? Clay s Compromise Tariff?

Listen for.. 1832 Congress passes another Tariff July 1832-S.C. calls a convention 1828-The South Carolina Exposition and Protest Art. I Sec. 10, Art. I Sec. 8, Amendment X Compromise of 1833

Import to Nullification Test of Federal Authority Do NOT pick a fight with Andrew Jackson South Carolina is alone..for now Need a bigger issue than Tariffs to garner support for Nullification Sectionalism worsening