Hero or Villain?
Jackson Democracy and universal white male suffrage, Spoils System, Indian Relocation Trail of Tears
Jackson Democracy and universal white male suffrage:
Needed certain property requirements to vote
Only rich white men could vote
Poor people can not vote
Slaves were not allowed to vote
Women were not allowed to vote either
Industrial Wage started to create dependent laborers
In 1840, more than 90% of white men could vote
Jackson was trying to reform the government
Jackson said it necessary and overdue
The Spoils System was about hiring and firing federal workers
Jackson believed that some of his workers were blocking some of his initiatives
Jackson had hired over 700 federal workers
Jackson was removing indians of their ancestral lands
Southern and Western states approved on what Jackson was doing
Thousands of Sac and Fox indians went back to Illinois as a militia
The militia was led by Black Hawk
Cherokees of Georgia used legal action against the government
Jackson ignored the Indians and was furious
Tariff of Abominations, Bank War, Peggy Eaton Affair
Tariff of Abominatiobns:
- He accepted a law that raised the cost of living in the south. It raised the cost of living in the south because it was help import good and help with northern and western agriculture.
- Jackson had vetoed a bill calling for an early renewal of the Second Bank’s charter, but renewal was still possible when the charter expired in 1836; to prevent that from happening, he set out to reduce the bank’s economic power.
Role in War of 1812, "King Andrew I" Nickname, Slavery
Role in War of 1812:
Major General in war
Prepared defenses for New Orleans
Led men from Kentucky and Tennessee
Stopped 7,500 british soldiers
Forced Britain to evade the region
Vetoed a lot
Military background
He gave presidents the most power
Those against called him this name
Around death had 150 slaves
slaves worked and lived on property
Source of wealth
Cash crop was cotton
The Hermitage
1,000 acre plantation
Sources
http://www.ushistory.org/us/23b.asp
http://history1800s.about.com/od/1800sglossary/g/Spoils-System.htm
:http://www.ushistory.org/us/24f.asp
http://history.house.gov/HistoricalHighlight/Detail/36974
Wikipedia
Wikipedia / Book
thehermatige.com