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C9 Jacksonian America

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Chapter 9. Jacksonian America

The focus of this unit is the divergence of politics and the political system in the pre-Civil War era.  Political parties become an entrenched ideas in our political system.  The states' interests remain a strong political motivator during this era as well.  Andrew Jackson's outsider politics and often outrageous policies set this period apart from earlier administrations.

The specific focus of this unit will be on: 

A. Emergence of the second party system

B. Federal authority and its opponents: judicial federalism, the Bank War, tariff controversy, and states’ rights debates

C. Jacksonian democracy and its successes and limitations

 

 

Reading Assignments:

Textbook Chapters:

Ch. 9 Brinkley 14.pdf

 

Class Notes: 

C9 Jacksonian America.pdf  

 

Do you need the Jackson Political Cartoon from class? Here it is:

Jackson Cartoon with Captions.pdf

 

 

 

Homework Assignments: 

Printable copy of homework: 

C9 Homework.pdf

 

Part 1 - Ideas/themes to know and include in your notes: 

Dorr Rebellion

Tocqueville and Democracy in America

Spoils system

Nullification Crisis

"Five Civilized Tribes"

Indian Removal Act of 1830

Trail of Tears

Seminole War

The Bank War

Taney court

Democrats and Whigs

Martin Van Buren

Panic of 1837

Log Cabin Campaign

Webster-Ashburton Treaty

 

Part 2 - Short Answer Question: COMPLETE SENTENCES ONLY - Answer all parts of the question in full. 3/4ths page minimum response. 

How did participation in political campaigns and elections in the United States change between 1815 and 1840? What events or people influenced these changes?

 

Part 3 - Vocabulary: These words are from the chapter, class readings, or discussion and will be used in context or need to be defined on the weekly chapter quiz.  https://www.merriam-webster.com/ 

 

Abrogate

Antipathy

Denounce

Disenfranchise

Electorate

Enfranchise

Franchise

Ingratiate

Juncture

Paramount

Sanction

Specie

Stifle

Stranglehold

 

Definitions: Fill in the correct word that matches the definition listed.

1.____________________(v.) To deliberately gain favor or favorable acceptance; endear

2.____________________(v.) To pronounce- especially publicly- to be blameworthy or evil: censure

3.____________________(n.) A strong feeling of dislike: enmity

4.____________________(v.) To abolish by authoritative action: annul

5.____________________(v.) To admit to the privileges of a citizen and especially to the right of suffrage

6.____________________(v.) To deprive of a legal right, especially to deprive of the right to vote

7.____________________(n.) A constitutional or statutory right or privilege: the right to vote

8.____________________(n.) A body of people entitled to vote

9.____________________(n.) A critical point of time: crisis

10.___________________(adj.) Superior to all others: principal

11.___________________(v.) To make valid or binding usually by a formal procedure (such as ratification)

12.___________________(v.) To suppress, curb, or withhold

13.___________________(n.) Money in coin: gold or silver

14.___________________(n.) A force or influence that chokes or suppresses freedom of movement or expression

 

Completing the Sentence: Choose the word from the word bank above that best completes each of the following sentences. Write the correct word or form of the word in the space provided.

15. The high level of voter participation was only partly the result of an expanded ______________________.

16. Most states restricted the ______________________ to white male property owners or taxpayers or both. 

17. The Dartmouth College case and other decisions, ruled that states had no right to ______________________, or revoke, contracts. 

18. Jackson’s ______________________ toward the Native Americans had a special intensity because of his own earlier experiences leading military campaigns against tribes along the southern border.

19. Jackson’s first attack was on the entrenched office holders in the federal government, whom he bitterly ______________________.

20. The Bank question then emerged as the ______________________ issue of the 1832 election, just as Clay had hoped.

21. Hard money policies support a ______________________ standard, typically implemented with paper money backed by gold or silver.

22. Once the controversial Removal bill passed Jackson sought a way to ______________________ public dissent and encourage all the tribes to quickly move West. 

23. During Jackson’s presidency, the United States evolved from a republic—in which only landowners could vote—to a mass democracy, in which white men of all socioeconomic classes were ______________________. 

24. With Senate ratification, the Webster-Ashburton treaty received the proper ______________________ to resolve the Maine border dispute.

25. Jackson fought the elitist Bank of the U.S.’s tight control, or______________________, on credit for the sake of farmers and small businesses.

26. Van Buren befriended the Eatons, whom Jackson had championed, and thus ______________________ himself with the president.

27. New York effectively ______________________ free black men in by requiring that “men of color” possess property valuing more than $250—an exorbitant amount at the time.

28. At this ______________________, the House Tariff Bill was still pending, so Mr. Clay brought forward his famous Compromise Tariff to settle the issue. 

 

 

 

 

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