Chapter 12 Jackson Era

Chapter 12 Jackson Era Resources Tasks: Please respond in complete sentences using BLUE Due Chapter 12 Intro Take a look at the Interactive Map of the removal of Native Americans. You may need to log into your online textbook for this. Be sure to check the box to “turn all layers on” Video - Jacksonian Democracy Use the Map to help you answer the following questions In what part of Florida did Seminole live and how did the removal route of the Seminole differ from that of the other groups? They used to live in the central west of Florida and their route was different from other groups because their route went through the water and most of them were by land. What kinds of challenges might Native Americans have encountered? The challenges that Native Americans might have faced were that it made it harder for them to go to another state. How might the removal of the Native Americans have enabled greater expansion of the United States? The benefits of removing the Native Americans were that it allowed the settlers to have more territory and have more plantations and make more money. Using information from the video, describe American Ideas about Democracy, Politicians, and voting. Your response should be about a paragraph. Was the birth of modern american political culture, two-party system, spoils system and political character meaning who we choose to vote for. Every single person who was president of the US had a college degree. Many of the founders of the United States worried that we had “too much democracy”. States had voting laws that restricted only property owners could vote and some states allowed black men and women to vote if they owed a property. When they rewrote this law they removed the women and black men being allowed to vote. April 13th Chapter 12 Lesson 1 Textbook Jacksonian Democracy Again, you may need to log into the online textbook to see this. Infographic Election of 1824 Video Election of 1828 video Read “New Parties Emerge” and “The House Chooses the President” and Infographic and watch the Election of 1824 video to help you respond to the following. Describe two ways that the election of 1824 was unique compared with other elections. One of the ways the election of 1824 was that they changed the regulations and all white men could vote so the amount of people voting was more than the amount of people allowed to vote in European nations. The other way that this election was unique was that all three candidates were from the same political party, one of them won the electoral vote, the other won the popular vote and the third one was the Speaker of the House. So the speaker of the house had a say on who would win the election and it was called the corrupt bargain. Why might Jackson have expected to win this election and why did he not win this election? April 13-14th

Infographic Nullification Political Cartoon Jackson might have expected to win the election because he got most of the popular vote and most of the electoral vote. Read “Adams as President” and the “ Election of 1828 ” How did new election campaign methods impact American Democracy? The new election campaign methods had a positive impact in the American Democracy by making it easier to participate in the elections, all white men could vote not only landowners. Why might Jackson have been able to win so easily after losing to Adams in 1824? He might have been able to win easily because he won the popular and electoral votes. How does the number of candidates impact the results of an election? The number of candidates had a negative impact on the election because no candidate was able to receive a majority or more than half of the votes. Read “Jackson as President”, “Expanded Voting Rights”, “Making Government More Democratic” and “The Tariff Debate” What was the “spoils system and do you think it was democratic? Explain. The spoils system was a system where the supporters of the winning candidate replaced government employees because they were on the winning side. In my opinion it’s not democratic because they weren’t elected and people who voted for the presidential candidate might not want or agree with the people who are replacing other government employees. What was the disagreement about Tariffs and how was it related to states’ rights? Southern states dislike the Tariff because they feared that taxing Europeans goods might hurt this trade and it meant that the prices would be higher. It relates to the state rights because the road would be entirely within Kentucky so it should be a state decision. How does the political cartoon illustrate the Tariff Issue? The cartoon relates to the Tariff issue because it shows that the minority of the people are people who can pay the Tariff and at the bottom we have the dead people and other people who can pay the Tariffs. Chapter 12 Lesson 2 Textbook Conflicts Over Land Read all Removing Native Americans , The Cherokee v. Georgia , and the Trail of Tears . The additional info from Khan Academy may help you respond to the following. What characterized the Five Civilized Tribes? April 14-15th