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Title: The Age of Andrew Jackson


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The Age ofAndrew Jackson
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Andrew Jackson, Indian Fighter
  • In 1813 Forces led by Jackson defeated the Creek
    Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend
  • In the Treaty of Ft. Jackson, he forced the
    Indians to give up 23 million acres.
  • More than half of the land had belonged to
    Jacksons Indian allies who helped him defeat the
    Creeks.

Jackson felt that Indians should be moved west of
the Mississippi
3
Andrew Jackson, Land Speculator
  • Jackson bought part of the land taken from the
    Creeks at public auction.
  • No one was brave enough to bid against him.
  • He bought the land for the lowest possible price.

Jackson built a fortune on land stolen from
Indians.
4
Andrew Jackson, Slave Catcher
  • The descendants of escaped slaves and Black
    Seminoles occupied a fort in Florida.
  • Without government authorization, Jackson blew up
    the fort in 1816.
  • 270 Blacks, Seminoles, and Spaniards were killed.

The African Americans who survived were turned
over to plantation owners in Georgia to work as
slaves.
5
Andrew Jackson, Candidate
  • As the hero of New Orleans was a tremendously
    popular figure.
  • He was seen as the defender of the common man who
    would champion the cause of small farmers and
    pioneers.

6
Election of 1824A Mess!
  • Four Republicans ran for president.
  • Andrew Jackson had the most popular votes, but no
    majority over J. Q. Adams, Clay, or CrawfordTime
    for a run-off again, as in 1800!
  • Clay gave his support in House of Representatives
    to Adams in exchange for job as Secretary of
    State.
  • This was called the Corrupt Bargain by
    Jacksons followers.

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  • The nation was split by the election and Adams
    had a difficult presidency.
  • In 1828, Jackson got another chance, created the
    Democratic Party, and won easily.
  • Common folks of the farming west south, along
    with factory workers of the north and east, felt
    unity under Old Hickory.

Considered a man of the people, Jackson was the
first to rise to the presidency from humble
beginnings.
8
Andrew Jackson, President
  • Jackson replaced government officials with his
    supporters in a practice known as the Spoils
    System.
  • Jackson took advice from friends and newspaper
    editors known as his Kitchen Cabinet.

9
Andrew Jackson, Bank Buster
  • Jackson did not like the National Bank or its
    director Nicholas Biddle.
  • In 1832 Jackson vetoed the banks charter and
    killed it.
  • He deposited the governments money in pet banks
    owned by Western Jackson Supporters.
  • The liberal lending policies of these banks
    helped bust the nations economy in 1837.

Jackson saw the national bank as a private club
for Eastern elites.
10
Andrew Jackson, Preserver of the Union
  • When John C. Calhoun threatened to ignore the
    Tariff of Abominations and flout federal
    authority during the Nullification Crisis,
    Jackson kept South Carolina in check with a
    threat of military force.

John C. Calhoun believed in the doctrine of
states rights, but he wasnt willing to be
hanged defending them.
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Andrew Jackson, Oppressor
  • Jackson supported the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
  • Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, and Cherokee
    Indians were forced to march to Oklahoma at the
    cost of thousands of lives.
  • Jackson ignored a Supreme court ruling in the
    case of Worcester vs. Georgia which barred the
    removal of the Cherokee.

The Trail of Tears.
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