Text Questions Pgs. 234-243 1.What fears were present in the minds of most Americans as they entered an era of economic change/industrialization and westward expansion in the early 19c? Some feared that the nations rapid growth would produce social chaos and insisted that the countries first priority must be to establish order and a clear system of authority. Others thought the greatest danger was privilege and that the society’s goal should be to eliminate the favored status of powerful elites and
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DBQ During the 1800s‚ the United States more than tripled in size‚ covering the entire width of the continent. Throughout this period‚ they united states acquired land through several different methods including the Louisiana purchase of 1803‚ the war of 1812‚ the trail of tears‚ the Mexican cession‚ and the compromise of 1850. Each of which came with its own group of supporters and opponents with different reasons of why or why not. However‚ every debate ultimately led to the United States government’s
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Presidential Outline: Andrew Jackson I. Andrew Jackson a. March 15‚ 1767 – June 8‚ 1845 b. 61 years old II. No formal education; Occupation: Major General in the military‚ lawyer in North Carolina and Tennessee‚ Justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court‚ military governor of Florida‚ also became a US Senator III. Democratic Party IV. John Quincy Adams: Federalist‚ Democratic-Republican‚ Whig Party; Henry Clay: Whig Party V. The main campaign issue was the Bank of the United States‚
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piece of paper. The Trials of tears came to be because President Andrew Jackson signed the Removal Act. The Act stated that "no state could achieve proper culture‚ civilization‚ and progress‚ as long as Indians remained within its boundaries. The Indians have lived there and it was there home. The government didn’t give them options; basically gave them land Oklahoma and told them to move there. The Cherokee refused to leave which is exactly what I would have done. The Cherokees wanted to continue
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The Trail of Tears began with the idea of white settlers wanting to settle in the land where Native Americans were to grow cotton. They believed that Native Americans weren’t people‚ and they were just objects occupying the land they wanted and felt they deserved. The white settlers were forcing Native Americans to migrate to designated “Indian Territory” that was across the Mississippi River. The ideas of the early white Americans was to try to convert the Native Americans to be more like the
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Jacksonian Democracy was. An example of this was when Andrew Jackson boldly enforced the Indian Removal Act in 1830‚ requiring all Indian tribes including the Cherokees to move to reservations west of the Mississippi River. This act‚ without any doubt‚ was the most horrific Jackson has ever carried out. According to Chapter 13 of The American Pageant‚ in 1828 the Georgia legislature declared the Cherokee tribal council illegal and asserted its own jurisdiction over Indian affairs and Indian lands.
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did Jackson appeal to the “Common Citizen”? 3. Describe the “Corrupt Bargain.” 4. How does the spoils system work? 5. Even though the Cherokee had accepted many ‘white’ ways‚ why were they still expected to move from areas in Georgia‚ North Carolina‚ South Carolina‚ Alabama‚ Mississippi‚ and Tennessee? 6. Describe the Indian Removal Act of 1830: 7. Why was the court case Worchester vs. Georgia in 1832 so important? 8. How did Jackson openly defy the checks and balances
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Kathy Dai M. Galvin AP USH Period 1 Jacksonian Democracy DBQ The Jacksonian democracy of the 1820s-1830s is often associated with an expansion of the political influence‚ economic opportunities‚ and social equality available to “the common man‚” a concept of the masses which President Andrew Jackson and his newly founded Democratic party came to represent. The new administration certainly saw gains for the majority; namely‚ public participation in government increased to unprecedented
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inconsiderate of anyone besides himself. Before Jackson even began the Indian Removal Act‚ he tried to get his idea passed. The Supreme Court ruled in favour of the Native Americans. Jackson made five of the Indian tribes march west because white settlers found gold in the North‚ where the Indians resided. Five of the Native American tribes were impacted; they were‚ Choctaw‚ Chickasaw‚ Creek‚ Seminole‚ and the Cherokee. The Cherokee tribe was the only tribe to fight the eviction. While marching‚ one our
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it was Jackson’s ego and not sectional favoritism that drove Jacksonian democracy. When Chief Justice John Marshall (a Federalist) ruled that the Cherokee nation had a right to its territory‚ Jackson declared‚ "Justice Marshall has made his decision now let him enforce it." Jackson claimed that the "common man" wanted the Indians removed and promptly sent the Cherokee down the "Trail of Tears" to Oklahoma. The move was actually fueled by Jackson’s dislike for Marshall and his feeling that the executive branch superseded the
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