War of 1812 and Age of Jackson

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War of 1812 and Age of Jackson
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Britain, stop messin

• Britain and France at war w/ each other
• We trade with both, they stop ships trading with
  other side
• Britain keeps impressing sailors, blows up one of
  our ships
• We put Embargo Act in place stops trade with
  Britain and France, really hurts us the most

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War Hawks

• Some Americans want war w/Britain war hawks
• Reasons impressment, firing up NAs, hurting our
  trade, troops out of NW territory, also want to
  take Canada
• War Hawks pressure Pres.James Madison into War of
  1812

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War of 1812Big Events

• British burn Washington DC, Dolly Madison saves
  important stuff in White House
• We fail to take Canada again
• Battle of Baltimore Francis Scott Key writes the
  Star Spangled Banner

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• Andrew Jackson becomes hero of war defeats NAs
  at Battle of Horseshoe Bend and earns nickname
  Old Hickory at New Orleans

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Jackson as President

• Rough childhood, poor farmer on frontier, becomes
  a self-made man
• Forms the Democratic Party wins election in
  landslide
• Spoils System puts friends in positions of power

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• Kitchen Cabinet group of rough, redneck
  advisors, met in White House kitchen, drank, spit
  tobacco, gambled

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Jackson and Nullification

• North wants high tariffs, South doesnt will
  hurt sales of cotton
• Fed. Gov. passes high tariff South Carolina
  tries to nullify the tariff (ignore)
• Jackson threatens to send army to SC, compromise
  in time
• First challenge of the South to Federal Gov.

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Indian Removal

• Indian Removal Act Jackson forces NAs to move
  west of Mississippi (present day Oklahoma)
• Cherokee resist by trying to become more white
  language, laws, newspaper
• Jackson forces Cherokee out anyway, 800 mile
  march, winter, starvation, disease, soldier
  violence, ¼ die on trip Trail of Tears

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