Jacksonian Democracy- chp 6

Jacksonian Democracy

Jacksonian Democracy

• The states reduced/eliminated property requirements

• Campaigning for 1828 led to a dramatic increase in men who voted

Suffrage

The right to vote

Secede

Withdraw from the union

Nullification

Not agreeing w something n taking action

A famous debate takes place in the Senate between:

Daniel Webster of Massachusetts and

Robert Wayne of South Carolina

Jackson threatened to use the army and navy of the Southern States with the

Force bill

Eventually there is a ______ that solved the debate, both sides won victory but only a temporary fix

Compromise

The 5 tribes in the southeast was called

the 5 civilized tribes

Jackson made the ______________ forcing them to move

• Supreme Court favored his decision

The Indian Removal Act

The ______ tribe was forced out to walk the

Cherokee, Trail of tears

• many died

• Destination was INDIAN TERRITORY (Oklahoma)

Jackson decided the 2nd Bamk of the US was only for the benefit of the _____ and destroyed it

• Congress resales the law for the Bank

rich

Jackson’s vice President ran and wine won

Martin Van Buren

• as soon as he joined the economy crashes n the President (Jackson) is blamed

1840, The Whig’s

• Separate political party made by Jackson

• Candidates- William Harrison and John Tyler

  • Harrison dies from pneumonia in 32 days

• made First time Slogan: “Tippercanoue and Tyler too”

• After the Civil War, When the men were content with voting rights of black men, the women felt betrayed and became the 1st leaders of the women's movement.

the women felt betrayed and became the 1st leaders of the women's movement.

• By the 1830’s abolitionists decided ____________ and sending to Africa were not good and began to work for the end of slavery (seen as a great evil in the country.)

gradualism

John Tyler said the Constitution says he becomes president:

25 amendment provided a way to replace

The vice president

• used twice; Nixon Resignation and Reagan’s Assassination Attempt .

Quakers and Baptists were two religious that opposed slavery.

two religious groups that opposed slavery.

The american colonization society raised money, bought land, which became the country of _______ and raised money for passage.

Liberia

• Only about 12,000 even returned

• Many Africans didn’t know much any Africa

was a free Black who Advocated Violence to end slavery in his Writings

David Walker

was a writer, speaker and newspaper publisher.

• His paper was THE LIBERATOR. He said the time for moderation was over.

• He founded the American Anti- Slavery Society.

William Llyod Garrison

Alit of African leaders supported Garrison especially ________

• He was an escaped slave who posed as a free sailor.

• wrote an AutoBiography and began his own Newspaper, the North Star.

Fredrick Douglass

The south defended their ____ ____

• said most slaves did not want freedom, slaves and owners were good friends.

“Peculiar institution”

___________’s revolt occurred shortly after the Liberator started and Southerners accused ________ of encouraging the revolution even though no copies came to the south

• Eventually as abolitionist material was more widespread southern postal workers sometimes refused to deliver it to the subscribers

Nat Turner’s, Garrison

There was the Treaty of Fort Laramie made:

if the 8 tribes concerned allowed free passage the government would pay them and their land would continue to be theirs

• Americans believed God gave them the whole continent and wanted them settle it from Atlantic to pacific

• Native American tribes are in the way one the Great Plains where they had to go through to get to the West Coast

• Trials used to Spanish, Mexican, and Oregon Territory

Texas belonged to Mexico where they alowed Americans to immigrate to

boost the population

Agents were given large tracts of land to sell

• The most successful was

Stephen Austin

Americans brought their culture to Mexico including __________ which was illegal in Mexico and were _____ _______ which was the main religion in Mexico.

• War broke out at the alamo and the americans win

• They asked to become a state but congress did not want to deal with the slavery issue

slavery, anti- Catholic

For almost 10 years Texas was :

• In 1844 james K. POlk Made it the main issue of his presidential campaign saying he would annex Texas if elected.

  • He won and kept his word

the Republic of Texas or the Lone Star Republic.

Mexico was angry because :

there had never been a border settled in the south.

• The US claimed it was the RIO GRANDE and MEXICO the NUECES RIVER

provoked a war by going into the disputed territory

• The Result is the Mexican - American War.

Gen. Zachary Taylor