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Do people vote for programs they favor or, rather, for leaders they favor? Why?

DNA 12/9:

DNA – What does this image tell you about this man? Who do you think he is?

Andrew Jackson

A hero to the common man, a barbarian to the upper class.

HERO or VILLAIN

Ch.12 Sec. 1 - The Sleep of Indifference (1830’s): Jackson Steps In

Andrew Jackson - “Tough as Hickory”

1828 – electionJackson wins!President of the United

States #7 (Anti-bank)“The bank is trying to

kill me,” he said, “but I will kill it.”

1832 – electionJackson wins…bank

closes!Single agreed upon

currency is GONE!!!

The Tariff of AbominationsJackson’s war on the bank makes him very

popular…kinda.Early in his 1st term, a crisis over tariffs

threatened to split the Nation.In 1828, Congress passes yet another tariff,

this one the HIGHEST EVER!!!Here is it’s story...

More arguing…go figure.Calhoun (S) – for individual states rightsWebster (N) – for the formation of one big Union-------------------------------------------------------------------------Vice President Calhoun resigns…against Jackson’s

beliefs.He becomes Senator of S. CarolinaHe wants to secede from the UnionBut no one else supported S. Carolina and so Calhoun

gave in and agreed to the high tariffs against his southern folk.This is known as the Nullification Crisis.

HUGE tension rises between the N & S !!!!!!!!!

Little Known FactWho is the only President to pay off

the National Debt?Did you know Andrew Jackson PAID

OFF the national debt in 1836?

Ch. 12 – Section #1 (p.285-289)

Use the remainder of class time to skim through p.285-289 and complete the following assessment questions.Be sure to include the question with each answer.

1. Analyzing Causes (a, b, c, d)3. Summarizing

Keep these in your “folders” to help study for the next test!!!

CLASSWORK

DNA: Describe what you see in the painting that indicates why the Cherokee called their journey the Trail of Tears. (2 sentences)

Awhhh, what to do with those darn Natives…?

Jackson sided with the white settlers.Hmmm, why do you think he

would do that?Jackson passes the

Indian Removal Act of 1830, 1:44

But Chief Justice John Marshall says, “The Cherokee have the right to stay.”

Prior to removal in 1836 (story), 7:30-8:40

And off they were marched in 1838. But before their story…

"Trail of Tears"- Hal Ketchum 3:58

America’s Own Genocide

No more beautiful moons may we spend on our landIn the north, the scarlet council talks of warAnd the long knives have massacred the tribe that burned cornWe're not welcome in our homes anymore

There’ll be a trail of tearsThere’ll be a trail of painAnd Jackson will have the Mississippi and the twenty dollar billBut for us the trail is all that will remain

And no more songs of the hunters on the buffalo plainNo more smoke from sacred fires touch these hillsAnd the numbers of the people will grow fewer every mileAnd the children will not learn Great Spirit's will

There’ll be a trail of tearsThere’ll be a trail of painAnd Jackson will have the Mississippi and the twenty dollar billBut how long will the trail of tears remain

On the streets of Rapid CityOn the road to Wounded KneeThere is whiskey for forgetting everythingBut the old ones say there may be time for learning from each otherThe way that it had once been meant to be

There’s still a trail of tearsThere’s still a trail of painAnd Jackson’s got the Mississippi and his twenty dollar billBut for us the trail is all that will remain

...And Jackson’s got the Mississippi and his twenty dollar billBut how long will the trail of tears remain?

The Trail of Tears as Told by Johnny Cash

Remember the Battle of Horseshoe Bend…so how does Jackson repay his fellow Cherokee allies in the war?

By marching them off to their death basically!

Listen here(1:38-3:29)

“Men working in the fields were arrested and driven to the stockades. Women were dragged from their homes by soldiers whose language they could not understand. Children were often separated from their parents and driven into the stockades with the sky for a blanket and the earth for a pillow. And often the old and infirm were prodded with bayonets to hasten them to the stockades.

In one home death had come during the night. A little sad-faced child had died and was lying on a bear skin couch and some women were preparing the little body for burial. All were arrested and driven out leaving the child in the cabin. I don’t know who buried the body.”

“In another home was a frail mother, apparently a widow and three small children, one just a baby. When told that she must go, the mother gathered the children at her feet, prayed a humble prayer in her native tongue, patted the old family dog on the head, told the faithful creature good-by, with a baby strapped on her back and leading a child with each hand started on her exile. But the task was too great for that frail mother. A stroke of heart failure relieved her sufferings. She sunk and died with her baby on her back, and her other two children clinging to her hands.

Chief Junaluska who had saved President Jackson’s life at the Battle of Horse Shoe witnessed this scene, the tears gushing down his cheeks and lifting his cap he turned his face toward the heavens and said, "Oh my God, if I had known at the Battle of the Horse Shoe what I know now, American history would have been written differently.”

Day #3Video Clips Day

DNA:List 2 differences and 2 similarities that you see in this image.

Critical Thinking QuestionsAs Native Americans were forced to adapt to a

new “Westernized” world and supposedly “civilized" way of life, what did this mean for the “Spiritual” way of life?

How did the Indian Removal Act of 1830 play into their future?

Why didn’t the Cherokee just adapt and make a Constitution like the United States? They could then resist like we did against the British Government, right?

John Ross’s Cherokee Constitution

Video: We Shall RemainTrail of TearsCh. 4 (28:13-32:00)Go to 33:30-34:56(2,000 out of 18,000 left on their own)

Had 2 years to leave…by May 1838Ch.7 (55:43-1:05:34)

Jackson symbolized what Americans perceived (or wished) themselves to be--defiant, bold, independent. He was someone with whom they could identify. Thus, Jackson was reelected by an overwhelming majority and was able to transfer that loyalty to his successor, a man who hardly lived up to the image. But all this left a curious question unanswered. Were people voting for programs they favored or, rather, for leaders they favored? The answer was essential for the future of American politics, and his victory in the elections of 1828 and 1832 gave the nation a clue.

Jackson as an American Symbol

Remember, “Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself.”  --  John Adams