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TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas.
Jackson Era 2
TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas.
Objectives
• Evaluate the significance of the debate
over tariffs and the idea of nullification.
• Summarize the key events of the
conflict over the second Bank of the
United States in the 1830s.
• Analyze the political environment in the
United States after Andrew Jackson.
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Terms and People
• Tariff of Abominations – name that
opponents from the agricultural south gave
to the high protective tariff of 1828
• John C. Calhoun – vice president who
resigned to lead South Carolina’s fight over
nullification in the Senate
• nullification – concept that a state could
void a federal law that it deemed
unconstitutional
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Terms and People (continued)
• Whig – member of a political party formed
in the 1830s, favored a strong federal
government, protective tariffs, a national
bank, and internal improvements
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What major political issues emerged
during the 1830s?
Conflicts and crises that arose during
Jackson’s presidency led to the formation of
a rival political party called the Whigs.
In spite of this, Jackson’s handpicked
successor, Martin Van Buren, won in 1836
but lost to the Whigs in 1840.
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• In 1828, Congress
Tariffs were a
continuing source
of dispute between
the industrial North
(favored) and
agricultural South
(opposed).
passed a high
protective tariff.
• The goal was to
promote industry,
but the tariff raised
the prices farmers
had to pay for goods.
• Southerners called
it the Tariff of
Abominations.
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In 1832, South Carolina voted to nullify
the tariff. The state threatened to secede
from the Union if the federal government
used force to collect the tariffs.
• Vice President John C. Calhoun expected
Jackson to reject the tariff. Instead, Jackson
modified it only slightly.
• In protest, Calhoun resigned as Vice President
to lead the nullification battle in the Senate.
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Resolution of the Nullification Crisis of 1833
Jackson, a
Democrat,
normally
supported
southern states,
but he strongly
rejected this
challenge to his
authority and to
the Union.
Economic
nationalists such
as Daniel Webster
rejected the
concept of
nullification.
Congress passed
a Force Bill that
authorized troops
to enforce
collection.
In a
compromise,
Congress
lowered the
tariff. The
issues of
nullification
and secession
were left
unresolved.
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Despite his opposition to nullification,
Jackson generally supported the
agricultural South.
• His ideal was an agrarian republic in which almost all
white men owned farms and enjoyed a rough equality.
• Industrialization and the growing class of wage earning
factory workers made his ideal unrealistic.
• The expanding gap between rich factory owners and
poor workers became troubling to many Americans.
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The second Bank of the United States
divided Americans.
Jacksonian Democrats
• Felt the second
Bank symbolized
“money power.”
• Believed the new
business economy
encouraged
corruption.
• Opposed policies
they felt enriched
business at the
expense of farmers
and workers.
Business Leaders
• Believed the
second Bank
was necessary
to maintain a
stable supply of
currency.
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• In 1832, Congress
voted to renew the
Bank’s charter.
• Jackson vetoed the
charter renewal.
• The “Bank War”
strengthened
Jackson’s popularity
with ordinary
Americans and
helped him win
reelection in 1832.
This cartoon shows Jackson using a
veto to slay a monster representing
the Bank and its supporters.
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Presidential vetoes were rare. Bank supporters
denounced Jackson as a power-hungry tyrant and
formed a new political party, the Whigs.
The Whigs were led by Daniel Webster of
Massachusetts and Henry Clay of Kentucky.
Whigs favored a strong federal government, broad
interpretation of the Constitution, protective tariffs,
internal improvements, and moral reform.
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• Martin Van Buren of New
Jackson’s
economic
policies led
to disaster
for the next
president.
York, Jackson’s handpicked
successor, won the election
of 1836.
• With no federal banks, state
banks flooded the market
with currency, causing
extreme inflation.
• The government stopped
accepting paper money for
land purchases, leading to a
sudden drop in land values.
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The resulting Panic of 1837 became the worst
depression the nation had yet experienced.
• Inflation caused by the state banks
hurt common people.
• The drop in land values led to
bankruptcies. Many planters and
farmers lost their land.
• A third of urban workers
lost their jobs, and wages
dropped by 30 percent.
The Panic hurt Van Buren
and the Democratic Party.
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In 1840, the Whigs nominated
William Henry Harrison and John Tyler.
• Harrison was portrayed as a
simple farmer, born in a log
cabin, while Van Buren was
painted as an ineffective,
corrupt aristocrat.
• The slogan “Tippecanoe and
Tyler Too” reminded voters
of Harrison’s military record.
Harrison’s victorious 1840
campaign focused on symbols
like his log cabin background,
seen in this flag.
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One month after his inauguration,
President Harrison died of pneumonia.
• Vice President John Tyler assumed the
Presidency and, to the dismay of the
Whigs, rejected their policies.
• Tyler vetoed legislation to restore the
Bank of the United States and to enact
Clay’s American System.