Andrew Jackson was a SELF-MADE man

He grew up poor with his two brothers and

single mother (His father died)

Loved sports, hot-tempered, liked to have fun

He went to work for a law firm to learn how to be a

lawyer, he didn’t go to college

Bought land and slaves, became plantation owner

He was a military general and became a national

hero at the Battle of New Orleans

He entered politics when he was about 30 yrs old

as a Representative and a Senator

Battle of New Orleans

Where Jackson grew up

Jackson believed that changing the people in

government jobs would be more democratic and fair

Jackson replaced many of the Republicans in the

government with his loyal Democratic supporters

People who had given money to his campaign

Loyal friends

Democratic Party members that worked hard during

his campaign.

His opponents said Jackson was abusing his power and

playing favorites by picking his friends and supporters.

Jackson was not picking the best person for the job

Jackson would go to his trusted friends and

political supporters for advise on how to run

the government, instead of his official

cabinet

They met in the White House kitchen so they were

known as the “kitchen cabinet”

The Republicans felt that Jackson was

getting poor advise and would made bad

decisions for the country because of it.

In 1828 Congress passed a law

increasing TARIFFS to help the

growth of American manufacturing

Southern states felt the tariff was

unfair

It played favorites with Northern

states and hurt the South which was

unconstitutional

John C. Calhoun wanted to NULLIFY

the law

Andrew Jackson tried to work with

the South and signed a law that

lowered the tariff in 1832

It was not enough for John C.

Calhoun, so he and South

Carolina threatened to SECEDE if

the national government tried to

enforce the tariff laws

Jackson was furious at the threat

and asked Congress to pass the

Force Bill which would give him

the right to use the Army to

enforce the tariff

John C. Calhoun and South

Carolina backed down and

accepted the lower tariffs

The bank was needing to be renewed in 1836

As the President of the Common man, Andrew

Jackson distrusted the Bank of the United States and

set out to “slay the monster”

He vetoed a bill from Congress to renew the bank

in 1832

He took out all the money the government had

deposited in the bank and put it into state banks

The banks charter expired in 1836 and it closed down

Land-Hungry Whites go west

(southern cotton plantation

owners).

Gold is found in Georgia. Georgia

tries to force the Cherokee out of

land.

In 1830, Jackson signed the Indian

Removal Act which forced the

tribes to move from the South to

Indian territory in Oklahoma

Cherokee take their case to Supreme Court

in 1831

Worcester v. Georgia

Chief Justice John

Marshal rules in favor of

Cherokee. Georgia

can’t force them to

move out.

Samuel Worcester John

Ross

Jackson ignores the Supreme

Court ruling and sends the army

to Georgia.

The Creek and the Cherokee

resisted until they were removed

by force

In 1838, the U.S. Army was used

to remove 17,000 Cherokee from

their lands in Georgia

They were not given time to

get their things together

They were forced by the

troops into holding pens to be

held like animals

They were then

forced to walk

about 1,000 miles

to Indian Territory.

4,000 of them died

from starvation,

disease, injuries,

and exhaustion.