Explain that Westward expansion led to the displacement of American Indians through legal and military actions.
Explain how Andrew Jackson's rise to power was fueled by a more democratic society.
Andrew Jackson is one of the most controversial Presidents. He is viewed in both a positive and negative way. Your task is to research the good side and the bad side to Andrew Jackson and in the end form an educated opinion backed by specific details of his life. Tomorrow, you will write an essay and you will only be allowed to use your notes on the following topics. Make sure you have enough detail for each topic to write an essay.
Public Opinion -
Expansion of the Franchise –
The Kitchen Cabinet –
Active Campaigning –
Jacksonian Democracy –
Nominating Conventions –
Indian Removal Act –
Worcester v. Georgia –
War History –
The Trail of Tears –
His speech to congress in support of Indian Removal -
America at that time:
What do you think the general feeling was about Indian Removal?
Andrew Jackson was the first president that was born in a log cabin - he broke the “mold” of previous presidents? What is meant by this? How did expansion to the west help him rise to power?