American History - Grade 8 Class Presentations

1. US Chapter 12 - The
Jackson Era

2. Lesson 1 – Jacksonian Democracy
 Election of 1824
 Four Candidates
 Andrew Jackson (TN – 99 Electoral Votes)
 John Quincy Adams (MA – 84 Electoral Votes)
 William Crawford (GA – 41 Electoral Votes)
 Henry Clay (KY – 37 Electoral Votes)
 Corrupt Bargain
 Jackson won popular vote by large margin
 No one won a majority of the electoral vote
 Clay (Speaker of the House) supported Adams, Adams
won, Adams then named Clay his Secretary of State

3. Lesson 1 – Jacksonian Democracy
 Election of 1828
 By the time of the election, the
Republican Party split in two
 National Republicans – J.Q. Adams
 Democratic Republicans (Democrats) –
A. Jackson
 Campaign b/w the two was nasty –
“mudslinging” was first used
 Jackson won in a landslide...Electoral
Vote Results = 178-83

4. Lesson 1 – Jacksonian Democracy
 Jackson as President
 Unusual inauguration - many
“commonfolk” instead of upper
class
 known as the “People’s President”
 Jackson named many of his
supporters to govt. positions
 This became known as spoils
system
 Jackson’s Cabinet - “Kitchen
Cabinet”

5. Lesson 2 – Conflicts Over Land
 Moving Native Americans
 Americans wanted
Natives east of the
Mississippi River to leave
 Settlers wanted this land
to farm
 President Jackson
supported this

6. Lesson 2 – Conflicts Over Land
 Indian Removal Act
 Passed in 1830
 Paid many Native
Americans to
leave and move
west
 Indian Territory
(present-day OK)
created in 1834
for Native
Americans from
the Southeast

7. Lesson 2 – Conflicts Over Land
 Cherokee Nation
 Found in GA, AL, NC, TN
 Had treaties with
federal government
from the 1790’s
recognizing them as a
separate nation
 State of Georgia refused
to recognize this

8. Lesson 2 – Conflicts Over Land
 Cherokee Nation
 Cherokee go to
Supreme Court and won
 President Jackson still
removed them
 Journey out became
known as “Trail of
Tears”…many deaths &
illnesses