The document summarizes key events during Andrew Jackson's presidency, known as the Jacksonian Era. It describes Jackson's election in 1828 as the first "common man" president who appealed to ordinary citizens. It also outlines Jackson's support for the forced removal of Native American tribes east of the Mississippi, such as the Cherokee, to lands west of the river to open up more territory for white settlement, which became known as the "Trail of Tears" and resulted in many deaths.

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