Bella Eckler:
systems
researcher
and presenter
James
West:
slide
design
The Age of Jackson
Andy
Blake:
Notes
Cami
Petersen:
presenter
Notes
Andrew Jackson
- Andrew Jackson lost his first
election to John Adams after a
tie in the electoral college
-While John Adams was
president the amount of eligible
voters became enlarged
- President Jackson who was
more appealing to the common
person won the next election,
becuase of the larger voting size
- Jackson was very popular, and
instated many new things while
in office
Andrew Jackson on
the 20 dollar bill
Native American Removal
- Jackson believed that native
Americans could not assimilate
into white culture and believed
they must be moved.
- This lead to the Native
American removal act of 1830,
which tired to move Native
American tribes.
- The Cherokee tribe tired to
fight the law, but eventually
were force to move.
They had to walk 800 miles to
new land in a walk called The a
Trail Of Tears.
Map of the Native
American Removal
A Tariff Raises the States'
Rights Issue
- Right before War of 1812, the British
tried to hurt American industries by
making their goods cheaper than
American goods
- Jackson put a tariff on British goods
to stop people from buying them
- Southerners were outraged because
they now had to pay more for things
they could have gotten for a lower
price, for the benefit of the Northern
industries
- Some southerners hated the tariff, and
refused to abide by it
- Jackson then passed a force bill which
threatened to overrun the South with
soldiers (forcing them to pay the tariff)
How a Tariff Works
Jackson Attacks the National Bank
- Jackson opposed the national
bank, and vetoed a bill that would
renew the bank for another 20 years
- This renewal was brought up
earlier than needed by opponents
of Jackson to make him lose
popularity
- He said the national bank had too
much power over private banks
- Jackson attempted to wipe out
the national bank, by putting all
money in state banks
- Nicholas Biddle tried to combat
Jackson's idea and save the Bank
- In the end the national bank failed
First Bank of the United States,
now a historical landmark
From Russell Thornton, American Indian Holocaust and Survival: A Population History since 1492.
Copyright © 1987 by the University of Oklahoma Press. Reprinted by permission.
Native American Population BOT Graph
The End
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