Monday
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No School
Thursday
- Jackson, Henry Clay, and
the National Bank
Tuesday
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Review Expectations/
What’s New?
Comparing Elections: A
New Kind Of President
Wednesday
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Pre-AP Strategy: What
Story Does the Evidence
Tell?
Friday
- Worcester v. Georgia
- Old Friends Become
Enemies
Monday
No School
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Tuesday
Review Expectations/
What’s New?
Comparing Elections: A
New Kind Of President
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Wednesday
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Jackson, Henry Clay, and
the National Bank
Thursday
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Worcester v. Georgia
Friday
- Old Friends Become
Enemies
Monday- All Classes
No School
Unit Vocabulary
 civil servant: an employee of the government
 spoils system: the practice of rewarding political
supporters with government jobs
 tariff: a tax on goods imported from other
countries to encourage buying local products
 secede: to formally withdraw or separate
Tuesday: www.270towin.com
Looking at elections from 1820-1844:
 1820: last during “Era of Good Feelings”
 1824: JQA defeats Jackson in run-off election, accused of
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“corrupt bargain” with Henry Clay. Begins the Two Party Era
1828: Jackson and new Democratic Party get their vengence
and win
1832: Jackson wins reelection over Clay with the national
bank as the major issue
1836: Martin Van Buren keeps it going for the Democrats, but
things go bad and he gets blamed
1840: WH Harrison defeats MVB, but dies after 30 days in
office
1844: James K. Polk wins promising to bring in Texas and
keep balance between slave and free states
Wednesday (Pre-AP)
Think about a common check (perhaps you’ve had
one written to you as a birthday present?)
What pieces of evidence can you gather from the
information given?
Wednesday (Pre-AP)
Think about a common check (perhaps you’ve had
one written to you as a birthday present?)
What pieces of evidence can you gather from the
information given?
Wednesday- Regular
Words for thought! What assumptions can we
make about the speaker of this quote?
“The views…[against dueling…] are those of a
Christian, but unless some mode is adopted
to frown down by society the slanderer, who is
worse than a murderer, all attempts to put
down dueling will be in vain.”
-Andrew Jackson
Wednesday- Regular Classes
(Thurs-Pre-AP)
Listen to “The Hunters of Kentucky”
recorded by Oscar Brand in 1960, written by
Samuel Woodworth in 1821.
Tuesday- Pre-AP
Read through Sections 2 and 3 of the text
together and create a dialogue like the one
that follows to discuss:
 Jackson’s road to the White House
 Jackson’s inauguration
Jackson’s Journey from the Frontier
to the White House
Runs for
President
and loses in
“run-off”
despite
getting the
most votes!
What would these people have thought
about Jackson’s journey to the White House?
Use the terms Democratic Party and
Jacksonian Democracy in your dialogue.
Jackson’s Inauguration
General Jackson Slaying the Many Headed Monster
commentary from loc.gov (Library of Congress)
A satire on Andrew Jackson's campaign to destroy the
Bank of the United States and its support among state
banks. [They] struggle against a snake with heads
representing the states. Jackson raises a cane marked
"Veto" and says, "Biddle thou Monster Avaunt!! avaount I
say! or by the Great Eternal I'll cleave thee to the earth, aye
thee and thy four and twenty satellites. Matty if thou art
true...come on. if thou art false, may the venomous
monster turn his dire fang upon thee..."
General Jackson Slaying the Many Headed Monster
commentary from loc.gov (Library of Congress)
[Martin] Van Buren: "Well done General, Major Jack
Downing, Adams, Clay, well done all. I dislike dissentions
beyond every thing, for it often compels a man to play a
double part, were it only for his own safety. Policy, policy
is my motto, but intrigues I cannot countenance."
General Jackson Slaying the Many Headed Monster
commentary from loc.gov (Library of Congress)
[Jack] Downing (dropping his axe): "Now now you nasty
varmint, be you imperishable? I swan Gineral that are
beats all I reckon, that's the horrible wiper wot wommits
wenemous heads I guess..."
The largest of the heads is president of the Bank Nicholas
Biddle's, which wears a top hat labeled "Penn" (i.e.
Pennsylvania) and "$35,000,000." This refers to the rechartering of the Bank by the Pennsylvania legislature in
defiance of the administration's efforts to destroy it.