Age of Jackson 1830

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Age of Jackson1830s
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Political Aspects in the 1830s

• President
• Andrew Jackson- U.S. president from 1828-1836
• Democratic-Republican
• First candidate from the West to win presidency
• Appealed to the common man
• Trends
• Spoils System-Jackson gave jobs to loyal
  democrats and to friends of influential members
  of Congress in order to enhance support
• Indian Removal Act of 1830 - This moved Cherokee
  Indians from Georgia to Oklahoma (resulted in
  Trail of Tears)

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Politics ContinuedIndian Removal Act

1. White farmers wanting land in Georgia where the
   Cherokees and other tribes were located pressured
   the state government to remove the Native
   Americans, in spite of the fact that, especially
   the Cherokee had adopted the ways of the whites
   Constitution, branches of government, alphabet,
   clothing.
2. Trail of Tears- Worcester vs. Georgia Court
   found that Georgia did not have jurisdiction over
   Cherokees, however Georgia and Jackson ignored
   this. John Marshall has made his decision, now
   let him enforce it.
3. Thus, in 1838-1839, Georgia evicted the
   Cherokees and forced them to march westward. 25
   died before they reached Oklahoma. Therefore,
   Native Americans refer to this sad period of time
   Trail of Tears

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Trail of Tears - 1830
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Map of the Trail of Tears
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Bank War

• Jackson was against the national bank because it
  favored the wealthy and foreclosed on many farms
  in the West hurting the American farmer.
• Jackson vetoed a bill to recharter the Bank of
  the U.S. in 1832 calling it unconstitutional in
  spite of the fact that the Supreme Court said it
  was constitutional under the McCulloch v.
  Maryland Case in 1819.
• But Jackson acted as though the president was
  superior to the Supreme Court claiming The Bank
  is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.
• The bank had four more years before the charter
  ran out, but Jackson pulled all the federal gold
  and silver out of the Bank and put it state pet
  banks.

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More Politics

• Political Parties
• Whigs
• Republicans
• New Democratic Republicans-Cracks based on
  regional differences began to appear in the
  Republican Party, resulting in a split into two
  parties. (second party system)
• Liberal

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Political Critics of Jackson portrayed him as a
dictator

• Captions read
• King Andrew I
• Of Veto Memory
• Born to Command
• Had I been consulted
• He is standing on top of the torn U.S.
  Constitution as if to destroy it and disregard it

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Economy during Age of Jackson

• Trends
• Panic of 1837-Hardships were acute and
  widespread.
• Bank Wars
• Pet Banks- Jackson removes federal deposits
  from US Banks.
• Nullification Crisis- It revealed regional
  differences in economic needs and attitudes about
  states rights versus federal power.
• Compromise of 1833- This was in response to the
  Nullification Crisis and Tariff of abominations.
  Jackson acted swiftly, denouncing the nullifiers
  and sending arms to loyal unionist in South
  Carolina
• Industries
• Canals (Erie Canal)
• Railroads

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Economy Continued

• Government Policy Towards Business
• Government, little support for subsidies for
  business
• Rejected the idea of regulation for all
  businesses
• Somewhat laissez faire (some government
  regulation)
• Foreign Policy
• Failure of British prominent banks cause British
  investors to call in foreign loans.

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Social Patterns of the 1830s

• Religious Revivals
• The Second Great Awakening- This was the second
  great religious revival in th e United States
  history and consisted of renewed personal
  salvation experienced in revival meetings.
• Clothing
• Clothing was primarily the job of the woman. It
  was an important task and most of the
  responsibility went to the women. Every stitch
  had to be hand sewn do to the fact that the
  sewing machine was not invented until 1846.
• Styles varied.