Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 6, Lesson 2, The First Western President (pp. 172-178)
I. The Rise of Jacksonian Politics
B. Jackson's policies favoring the common people helped him win the 1828 presidential election.
C. Political procedures, such as national nominating conventions to pick
presidential candidates, became more democratic during Jackson's presidency.
II. A Strong Presidency
B. President Jackson forced Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River
further west so settlers could have their land.
C. Jackson opposed the national bank and moved government funds to state banks run
by his friends.
III. The Federal Union Put to the Test
B. In 1832, South Carolina held a state convention that nullified tariffs of 1828 and
1832, and prevented the collection of them.
C. Congress gradually lowered the tariff and South Carolina repealed its nullification law.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. As a war hero, a Westerner, and a self-made man, Andrew Jackson represented the
new American ideal.
A. President Jackson gave public jobs to the members of his political party.
This became known as the spoils system.
A. In response to high tariffs, Southern states created the doctrine of states' rights
and the ideas that a state could nullify, or refuse to enforce, federal laws.
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