Key Tenets of Jacksonian DemocracyBelief in the common man

Represented the interests of all the people, not just the wealthy planters & merchants

Expanded white male suffrage – democratization of American societyNominating conventions replaced legislative

caucuses of party leadersSupported patronage (spoils system) – the policy

of placing political supporters in office“To the victors belong the spoils”

Jackson & the BankJackson distrusted the 2nd BUS because he

thought it was monopolistic1832 Jackson vetoed a bill to renew the 2nd

BUS charterCommoners supported him; won the 1832

election

Jackson & the BankAfter the 1832 election, Jackson set out to kill

the bankWithdrew federal funds & re-deposited the

money into state “pet banks”Bank Pres. Nicholas Biddle responded by

calling in loans owed by state banksResults

Led to an increase in the number of state banks that printed their own currency - inflation

Pushed the nation toward depression in 1837

Jackson & the IndiansJackson wanted the Five Civilized Tribes in the

SW removed to land west of the MississippiIndian Removal Act 1830 provided funds to

purchase Indian land & pay for their resettlement in the west

Jackson & the IndiansThe Cherokees in N. Georgia tried to challenge the

removal orderWorcester v. Georgia (1832)– Georgia didn’t have the

power to invade Indian land & declared Georgia’s laws against the Indians null & void

Jackson refuse to enforce or follow the court’s decisionTreaty of New Echota

Small group of Cherokees agreed to sell their land

Trail of Tears

Jackson & the Indians

The Nullification CrisisIn 1828, Congress passed a new tariff

Southern planters called it the “Tariff of Abominations”

VP John C. Calhoun anonymously published the “South Carolina Exposition & Protest”Wanted the states to nullify the tariff

1830 Hayne (SC)/Webster (Mass.) DebateArgument over who should decide

the constitutionality of the laws

The Nullification Crisis1832 S. Carolina declared the tariff null & void &

threatened to secede from the unionJackson would not permit defiance or disunion, so he

dispatched the military to SC“…disunion, by armed force, is TREASON.”

Asked Congress to pass a “force bill”Result – compromise!

Congress passed a lower tariff (1832)S.C. withdrew its nullificationConflict of federal vs. state’s rights remained