The Jacksonian Era, 1824 - 1845

I. The Egalitarian Pulse
  A. The Extension of White Male Democracy
    1. Salary Act of 1816
    2. Democratic reform on the state level
      a. states determined who could vote
      b. fewer states had property requirements
    3. limitations of democratic reform
  B. Second Great Awakening
   1. rise of evangelical Christianity
   2. Christianity and the expansion of democratic ideals
  C. Rise of the Jacksonians
   1. Democratic Paryy
   2. John Quincy Adams v. Jackson
   3. election of 1828
II. Jackson's Presidency
  A. Jackson's political appeal
   1. image as champion of the common man
   2. emergence of the spoils system
     a. political corruption
   3. veto of the Maysville Road Bill
  B. Indian Removal Policy
   1. Five Indian Confederations of the Southeast
     a. Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole
   2. Georgia's denial of Indian rights
    a. Creeks 1825
    b. Cherokee 1828
      Cherokee lived peacefully
      gold discovered on Cherokee land
   3. Indian Removal Act of 1830
      Indians to be forced to move if they refused to cooperate
   4. The Trail of Tears
    a. de facto genocide
   5. Black Hawk's War
    a. slaughter of Sauk and Fox
   6. Seminole resistance 1835 - 1842
   7. the Marshall court's response
     a. Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
     b. Worcester v. Georgia
      Georgia violated the Constitution
     c. Indians "dependent domestic nations"
  C. Nullification Crisis
   1. Tariff of 1828
   2. South Carolina's protest against the tariff
   3. John C. Calhoun - theory of nullification
   4. Nullification Convention
   5. the Force Bill
    a. nullification by South Carolina
  D. The Bank War
III. Presidency of Martin van Buren
  A. Panic of 1837
  B. Opposition to Jackson's financial policy
    1. emergence of the Whig party
    2. Independent Treasury
  C. the Slavery Issue
    1. rise of the abolitionist movement
    2. the "gag rule"
IV. Rise of the Whig Party
  A. Origins of the Whig Party
    1. opposition to Jackson's abuse of power
    2. Anti-Masons
  B. Whig Political Ideology
   1. supremacy of the legislative branch
   2. government power to promote economic growth
   3. government power to promote social reform
  C. Election of 1840
V. Whigs in power
  A. Harrison and Tyler
  B. Foreign Policy under John Tyler
   1. Webster-Ashburton Treaty
   2. Pakenham letter
  C. Election of 1844
   1. nomination of James K. Polk
   2. territorial expansion as the defining issue
    a. the Texas question
    b. the Oregon question