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Chapter 13

Chapter 13. The Rise of Mass Democracy 1824-1840. Andrew Jackson. Known by his nickname “Old Hickory” Born in the Carolinas Orphaned early in life (raised himself early on) Jackson loved to fight. He had a violent temper. First President from the West

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Chapter 13

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  1. Chapter 13 The Rise of Mass Democracy 1824-1840

  2. Andrew Jackson • Known by his nickname “Old Hickory” • Born in the Carolinas • Orphaned early in life (raised himself early on) • Jackson loved to fight. He had a violent temper. • First President from the West • Second president to be elected President without a college degree. The first one was Washington. • First individual nominated at a formal party convention.

  3. Protective Tariffs • Protected American industry against European goods. • Drove up prices for all Americans. • Created tariffs abroad to retaliate against American goods. • Textile and wool industry boomed from the tariffs.

  4. Why the South was hostile to Tariffs. • The South were large consumers of manufacturing. • Little manufacturing occurred in the “South.” • “Yankee Tariff” • North was successful in manufacturing. • North benefitted from tariffs. • Created originally to help industry.

  5. Deeper Issues than tariffs for the South. • Anxiety of the federal government interference. Less government is better. • The Missouri Compromise had “soured” the south. • Abolitionism in America was trying to suppress slavery. • 1828-South Carolina lead the protests against the tariffs.

  6. The Trail of Tears

  7. Westward Expansion • Moving west meant confrontation with the inhabitants of the land. • 125,000 Native Americans lived EAST of the Mississippi. • Treaties were created to redesign property lines for the Indians. • Indians were not popular with Jackson.

  8. “Whites” felt Indians could: • Assimilate into their own society. • Indians needed to be “civilized.” • Indians needed to be Christianized. • Do you see a pattern since the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs?

  9. Cherokees of Georgia • The Cherokees adopted the idea of private property. • Missionaries opened schools for Cherokee children. • 1827-Cherokee National Council is established. • Cherokees became cotton planters and slave holders.

  10. 1828 Georgia legislature The legislature declared the Cherokee council illegal. The Cherokees appealed to the Supreme Court and won all THREE appeals. Jackson did not care.

  11. Indian Removal Act 1830 • 100,000 Indians uprooted from their homes. • The Indians resisted the “palefaces.” • 1832 troops crushed the Indians in Illinois and Wisconsin. • The military to crush this resistance was lead by two young men • Lt. Jefferson Davis • Captain Abraham Lincoln.

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