andrew jackson

Jacksonian democracy

• politics of the common man

• Frontier- rough manners

• Opportunities for all white men

• Universal male suffrage

• Anyone can hold office

• Everyone matters

Al

Spoils system and rotation of office holders

• only appointed and keeping people who believed in your party

• Limiting people to one term to replace them with someone more

• “Worthy”

• Affirmed democratic ideal of one man is just as good as another

• Ordinary Americans can hold office

Nullification crisis and tariff of abominations

• harmful tariff placed on South Carolina

• South Carolina nullified it

• Webster- hayne debate- rights of states vs right to leave the nation

• Jackson didn’t believe e in succession

• Proclamation to the people of South Carolina - said they couldn’t do that- readied military and stated disunion was treason

Indian removal act

• removed native from western land

• Resettled them west of the Mississippi

• Charokkee v Georgia - no right to sue

• Worcester v Georgia - Georgia didn’t have right to the land -

• Ignored

• Trial of tears

Worcester v Georgia

• minister who sued on the behalf of the charokee nation who fought against the Indian removal act

• Court ruled that since the charokee where their own nation Georgia had no right to the land

• This was ignored by Jackson

• The charokee couldn’t inforce it

Bank war

• Jackson doesn’t like bank

• Clay liked bank

• Jackson vetos the bank

• Transfers money to PET BANKS which are smaller state banks

• This causes inflation and disunity of currency

• Specie cirular ; you can only buy land in gold or silver

• Lead to a rush on banks and an economic depression

Martin van burean

• Jefferson’s vp

• Created the treasury

• Picked up the economy after Jefferson

• Opposed annexation of Texas

Rise of Whig opposition

• Whigs positioned to win 1840

• Campaigned to the people

• William Henry died a month in

• President Tyler - sided with republicans often

• People didn’t like the economic depressions Jackson caused