11/05/2013
Jackson
Question #1: Nullification Crisis
Question #2: Jacksonian Democracy
Indian Removal Westward Migration Black Hawk War- Alabama and Mississippi - Abraham Lincoln - Preventing white settlers from moving in on Indian land Assimilation- Sue in court Cherokee Tribe - Romanized their language to make it their language using our alphabet - Literate - Gold rush- 1820s Worcester vs. Georgia - “Cherokee are a nation, they aren’t just people inside the United States” - Indians won in court Trail of Tears - Sent to Oklahoma - Fed poorly, susceptible to disease, river boats
Herrenfolk Democracy Ruled by dominant group All white men decide what happens (White male democracy)
The Bank War 1791- Hamilton’s Fiscal Plan - Bank chartered for twenty years 1816- Rechartered 1836- To be rechartered Divides one party into two again - Whigs vs. Democrats - Second Party System Nicholas Biddle - President of Bank Friends of the Bank - Daniel Webster, Henry Clay - Bring bank up for recharter
Jackson vetoed the recharter
Unconstitutional
Has a monopoly on banking
The way the rich oppress the poor
Foreigners own stock in the bank and it’s how they’ll take over the country
Opposition party in England - Whigs - Bank: soft and hard money - Promissory notes
Pet banks - Roger Taney - Panic of 1837
Conclusion - Martin Van Buren (OK) - Log cabin and hard cider campaign - Presidential power increased - Increased democracy
Slavery
In the early 1800s, cotton production dominated all economic activity in the south. Slavery exhibited regional variation; still it is important to understand some generalities about slave life in the antebellum south.
“King Cotton” - Cotton price trends
Panic of 1819 (Loans form bank), stabilizes
Panic of 1837, stabilizes
Stabilized throughout 1840s and 1850s, cotton prices stabilize - The “Black Belt” -