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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE

OF THE CHANGES IN UNITED STATES POLITICS FROM 1828 THROUGH

1850

2. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN THE MOST

HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL POLICIES OF PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON

AND EXPLAIN THE IMPACT THEY HAD ON THE UNITED STATES

3. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY , AS WELL AS COMPARE AND

CONTRAST , THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE WAR WITH MEXICO

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THE JACKSON PRESIDENCY

1828 TO 1841 ……

THE UNITED STATES …..

MAJOR CHANGES IN POLITICS :

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3. “ PATRONAGE / “ THE SPOILS SYSTEM ” -

SOUTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

UNITED STATES HISTORY

STUDY GUIDE # 14 : JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY

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ECONOMIC ISSUES > A HORROR SHOW :

JACKSON BELIEVED THAT …..

JACKSON DID NOT ………

“ THE FREE BANKING OR WILDCAT ERA ” > FOUR CHARACTERISTICS :

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“ BANKS ” -

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3. “ BANK RUNS AND PANICS ” -

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“ TARIFF OF ABOMINATIONS ” -

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > THE TARIFF OF ABOMINATIONS

1. PRESIDENT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WAS A FIRM BELIEVER IN WHAT WAS

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CALLED THE ______________________ _____________________

2. AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PLAN WAS TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN

THE UNITED STATES ___________________________ SYSTEM

3. ONE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS WAS THE ________________________ AND

______________________ CANAL

4. TRUE OR FALSE , THE CANAL WAS COMPLETED IN 1850 AND IS STILL IN

USE TODAY

5. A TARIFF IS A TAX OM ______________________ GOODS

6. THE PURPOSE OF THE TARIFF UNDER THE AMERICAN PLAN WAS TO

PROTECT THE FACTORIES OF _____________________________

7. SOUTHERNERS OPPOSED THE TARIFF BECAUSE IT _________________ THE

PRICES ON THE PRODUCTS THEIR COTTON PLANTATIONS HELPED

PRODUCE AND THAT THEY IMPORTED

8. SOUTHERNERS FELT THE TARIFF VIOLATED _______________ ____________

9. SOUTHERNERS FELT THAT THE ABOLISHMENT OF ___________________

WOULD COME NEXT

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THEN THE QUEST ……..

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“ INDIAN REMOVAL ACT ” -

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“ WORCESTER V. GEORGIA ” -

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > THE INDIAN REMOVAL ACT

1. THE STATE OF GEORGIA SUPPORTED ANDREW JACKSON FOR PRESIDENT

BECAUSE HE SUPPORTED THE COMPLETE REMOVAL OF THE ____________

TRIBE FROM WHITE SOCIETY

2. WHEN THE INDIAN REMOVAL ACT IS CHALLENGED IN THE SUPREME

COURT , WHO WINS ?

3. WHAT DOES PRESIDENT JACKSON DO WITH THE SUPREME COURT

RULING ?

4. WERE THE CHEROKEES UNITED IN THEIR OPPOSITION TO JACKSON’S

PLAN FOR REMOVAL ?

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- “ THE TRAIL OF TEARS ”

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > THE TRAIL OF TEARS

1. BY THE 1838 DEADLINE FOR VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE UNDER THE

TREATY , ABOUT ____________ CHEROKEES HAD LEFT AND ______________

REMAINED

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2. IN CHEROKEE CULTURE THE CONCEPT / THOUGHT OF MOVING FROM

THEIR ANCESTRAL HOMELAND WAS LIKE ___________________

3. WHICH MEMBERS OF THE CHEROKEE NATION WERE MOST VULNERABLE

TO DYING DURING THE MIGRATION TO THEIR NEW HOME IN

OKLAHOMA ?

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LEGACY OF THE JACKSON PRESIDENCY :

IF IT WAS NOT ……….

MARTIN VAN BUREN …….

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > MARTIN VAN BUREN

1. WHAT WAS MARTIN VAN BUREN’S NICKNAME ?

2. MARTIN VAN BUREN WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT BORN AN ______________

__________________ AND THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL _____________________

TO HOLD THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT

3. FOR SUPPORTING ANDREW JACKSON AS PRESIDENT , WHEN HE WON

VAN BUREN BECAME ___________________ OF _________________

4. VAN BUREN BECAME JACKSON’S CHIEF _____________________ ALLY

5. IN 1832 WHEN JACKSON WON A SECOND TERM , VAN BUREN BECAME

________________________ AND EIGHT YEARS LATER BECAME _____________

6. TURNING FROM THE POLITICS OF ANDREW JACKSON , VAN BUREN

MOVED TO SOLVE THE FINANCIAL CRISIS THAT OCCURRED EARLY IN

HIS PRESIDENCY BY CREATING AN INDEPENDENT _______________________

7. DID VAN BUREN SURVIVE THE SECOND FINANCIAL CRISIS THAT

FOLLOWED ?

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JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY HAD SET ……

THE PEOPLE ARE FED UP ………….

“ WHIG PARTY ”

WILLIAM H. HARRISON ……

THEN JAMES POLK , A DEMOCRAT , …..

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > JAMES K. POLK

1. PRESIDENT POLK WAS KNOWN AS A MAN WHO COULD GET THINGS ____

2. WHAT STATE WAS POLK FROM ?

3. WHICH JOBS HAD POLK HAD BEFORE BECOMING PRESIDENT ?

_____ GOVERNOR _____ STATE SENATOR _____ UNITED STATES

SENATOR

_____ STATE REPRESENTATIVE _____ VICE PRESIDENT

_____ SECRETARY OF STATE

4. POLK WAS IN FAVOR OF ___________________ AND _______________ RIGHTS

5. WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE IN 1845 POLK SAID THAT HE WANTED TO

ACCOMPLISH FOUR THINGS :

1. REDUCE ____________________ ON IMPORTS

2. RE – ESTABLISH AN INDEPENDENT UNITED STATES ________________

3. SETTLE THE DISPUTE WITH GREAT BRITAIN OVER CONTROL OF

THE _____________________ TERRITORY

4. ACQUIRE _____________________________

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PRELUDE TO THE MEXICAN WAR

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“ ANNEXED ” -

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THE MEXICAN WAR

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- “ BEAR FLAG REVOLT ”

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > THE BEAR FLAG REVOLT

1. TRUE OR FALSE , JUST BEFORE IT BECAME PART OF THE UNITED

STATES , CALIFORNIA WAS AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY

2. PRESIDENT POLK WAS WILLING TO OFFER MEXICO _____ MILLION FOR

_______ _____________ AND ____________________ , BUT MEXICO REFUSED

3. WHAT DID MEXICAN GENERAL VALEJO DO WHEN CALIFORNIA SETTLERS

ROSE UP AND DECLARED INDEPENDENCE ?

4. IRONICALLY , GENERAL VALEJO BECAME A CALIFORNIA STATE _________

5. WHAT TYPE OF GOVERNMENT DID CALIFORNIA USE WHEN IT DECLARED

ITS INDEPENDENCE ?

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6. UNDER THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO THE UNITED STATES

OBTAINED MORE THAN 500,000 SQUARE MILES OF LAND FOR ____

MILLION WHICH WORKS OUR TO BE ABOUT ____ CENTS PER SQ / MILE

7. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA USES THE ______________ FLAG AS ITS

STATE FLAG TODAY

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5. “ TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO ” -

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6. THE “ GADSDEN PURCHASE ” -

LEADERSHIP PROFILE > ANDREW JACKSON 1767 - 1845

TRULY THE ………

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > ANDREW JACKSON

1. JACKSON WAS KNOWN AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE ________________ MAN

2. TRUE OR FALSE , JACKSON LIKED TO FIGHT

3. THOMAS JEFFERSON THOUGHT THAT JACKSON WAS _____________ TO BE

PRESIDENT

4. JACKSON CONTINUOUSLY SAID NO TO ANY LEGISLATION THAT

ATTEMPTED TO ____________________ THE GOVERNMENT OR DID NOT

BENEFIT THE ____________________ MAN AND HIS POLITICS BECAME

KNOWN AS ________________________ ________________________

5. DID JACKSON SUPPORT NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS ?

6. JACKSON THREATENED TO HAVE HIS FORMER VICE PRESIDENT ________

OVER THEIR DISAGREEMENT ON STATES RIGHTS

7. JACKSON’S BIGGEST FIGHT WAS OVER THE SECOND _____________ OF

THE UNITED STATES

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CHAPTER READING > PROMISE OF THE WEST - PAGES 222 TO 230

WRITE AN ESSAY ON WHO YOU THINK HAD THE GREATEST IMPACT ON THE

EXPLORATION AND SETTLEMENT OF THE WEST . YOU WILL NEED AT LEAST

THREE THINGS TO SUPPORT YOUR OPINION .

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