Age of Jackson #1
7th President of U.S., Democrat
Andrew Jackson
New campaigning, new governing
"Jacksonian Democracy"
(1823) Crisis due to tariff issues and states’ rights
nullification crisis
(1782-1850) Jackson’s Vice President
John C. Calhoun
(1837) Federal troops escorted 16,000 Cherokee on 800- mile, deadly journey
Trail of Tears
(1830) Jackson’s proposal to move tribes west of the Mississippi
Indian Removal Act
Speaker of the House (1824)Accused of a “corrupt bargain”
Henry Clay
Acting in the voice of the common people
spoils system
(1832) Samuel Worcester sued Georgia for his freedom in the U.S. Supreme Court
Worcester v. Georgia
When Jackson was elected by farmers, laborers, and frontiersman
Change from agrarian economy to factory economy
Industrial Revolution
(1815) Andrew Jackson defeats British
Battle of New Orleans
Henry Clay proposed a reduction in tariffs over ten years
Compromise Tariff
Large quantities of manufactured goods
massed produced