white-male democracy thru subjugation of African Americans and Indians Jackson’s first targets entrenched officeholders of fed govt‚ wanted to simplify official duties to make office more accessible. Removed nearly 1/5 of office-holders removed b/c misuse of govt funds or corruption Jackson’s supporters embraced “spoils system”‚ making right of elected officials to appt followers to office established feature of American politics
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The South Carolina Exposition and Protest‚ also known as Calhoun’s Exposition‚ was written in 1828 by John C. Calhoun‚ the Vice President of the United States under Andrew Jackson. The document was a protest against the Tariff of 1828‚ also known as the Tariff of Abominations. The document stated that if the tariff was not repealed‚ South Carolina would break from the United States. It stated also Calhoun’s Doctrine of nullification‚ the idea that a state has the right to reject federal law..
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Guide In preparation for your test‚ please be able to answer these questions and know and understand concepts relating to these topics. AMERICAN SYSTEM AND NATIONALISM (Pages 219-222) Identify and describe Henry Clay and the American System John Marshall Cases: Gibbons v. Ogden Dartmouth v. Woodward McCullouch v. Maryland How did these cases boost national power? Missouri Compromise James Monroe and the Monroe Doctrine AGE OF JACKSON (Pages 224-235) 1. Why did Andrew
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whole. He vetoed the national bank in favor of a sub-group of pet banks that would be friendlier to the classes of a lower standard (Doc B). Yet Before Jackson even vetoed the bank charter Daniel Webster already had a response ready for Jackson (Doc C). Webster claimed Jackson’s veto of the charter was prejudice. He claimed the populace was being lied to and vetoing the charter was not democratic. Yet‚ Harriet Martineau‚ a British author in 1834‚
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across the nation would have the same policy and currency‚ it was thought of as a monopoly. After his unexpected veto of the policy‚ the people who were against him‚ such as the Whigs felt that he was abusing his power as the president. In Document C‚ the cartoon portrayed Jackson as a dictatorial king‚ trampling on the constitution. In addition‚ Jackson decisions were impacted on what he viewed as morally right or wrong. In Document E‚ Weld questioned the morality of slavery: “ is slavery‚ as
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The Tyranny of Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson: the common man or the first king of America? He is viewed by history in many different ways‚ some see him as the man who granted universal white male suffrage‚ created a more democratic way to elect electoral voters to congress and replaced caucuses with national nominating conventions; and others‚ who saw past this false representation and saw how in his eight years in office‚ he vetoed 12 bills‚ forced Native Americans from their homeland‚ ignored supreme
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rivalries with others‚ such as Vice President John C. Calhoun of South Carolina‚ which led Jackson to accept policies and veto those in which Calhoun would be identified with. For example‚ during the first year of Jackson’s administration‚ some issues concerning internal improvement were halted‚ one being the Maysville Road Bill. For Van Buren‚ it was easy to bring Jackson into opposition to internal improvements and thus to federal programs with which Calhoun had long been identified (Tindall/Shi P.336)
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manufactured goods‚ saw this tariff as an affront to their economy (Wilson). Many southerners blamed their economic problems squarely on the tariff for raising the prices they had to pay for imported goods while their own income shrank. Vice President John C. Calhoun called it a “tariff of abominations” that was meant to favor the north and this tariff led him to pen his “South Carolina Exposition and Protest‚” in which he argued that if a national majority acted against the the interest of a regional minority
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the most nationalistic leaders in America ’s history. Clay had always tried to improve national unity‚ but unfortunately‚ many of his ideas never went into effect. John C. Calhoun was the sectional representative for the south. He was an opinionated man‚ and believed the states should have more power than the federal government. Calhoun also
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which outraged southerners who had to pay higher prices for goods. Vice President John C. Calhoun secretly authors the South Carolina Exposition‚ arguing that states could and should nullify the tariff. (Remember the Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions in response to the Alien & Sedition Acts? ) The Tariff of 1832 passed‚ lowering the tariff of 1828‚ but it was still opposed by the South. South Carolina‚ led by Calhoun‚ voted to nullify the tariff‚ and President Andrew Jackson threatened to hang the
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