11) Rise of Popular Politics during Jacksonian Era

Question 1

Jacksonian Belief in Common Man

Answer 1

• Jacksonians had great respect for the common sense and abilities of common man
• Jackson was seen as a common man who represented the interests of the people
• Opposed special privileges of eastern elite

Question 2

Jacksonian Era - Expanded Suffrage

Answer 2

• Dramatically expanded white suffrage

Question 3

Doctrine/Crisis of Nullification

Answer 3

• South Carolina
• Opposed a law placing high tariffs on goods imported into the U.S.
• Southerners felt it favored manufacturers of New England
• Drew heavily on states’ rights arguments
• Argued that a state can refuse to recognize an act of Congress it considers unconstitutional
• Tariff was lowered but SC threatened to SECEDE from the Union
• Lowered the tariffs, crisis averted

Question 4

Second Bank of the U.S.

Answer 4

• Regulated the supply of money for the nation
• Andrew Jackson opposed the second bank
• Believed that the bank was a monopoly that favored the wealthy
• Congress voted in 1832 to renew the charter
• Jackson vetoed the bill, bank collapsed

Question 5

Trail of Tears

Answer 5

• Jackson’s Native American policy resulted in the removal of the Cherokee from their homeland to settlements across the Mississippi River
• “Trail of Tears” refers to the route taken by Native Americans as they were relocated to the Indian Territory of OK
• 1/4 of the Cherokee people died on the Trail of Tears