Andrew Jackson and Nullification

Andrew Jackson and Nullification

Flashback: Alien and Sedition Acts

• Unconstitutional

• Jefferson and Madison were extremely angry

• Passed the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions threatening to Nullify the Acts

Open Ended

Review: What is nullification?

Whats a Tariff?

• "A tariff is a tax imposed by a government of a country on imports or exports of goods. Besides being a source of revenue for the government, import duties can also be a form of regulation of foreign trade and policy that taxes foreign products to encourage or safeguard domestic industry."

Tariff of Abominations

• Tariff of 1828: angered many in the South, especially John C. Calhoun, since the South imported most of its manufactured goods from Britain and France

• Tariff of 1832: lowered the tariff on foreign goods, but South Carolina had had enough and Nullified the tariff

Tariff of Abominations

• Congress passed the Force Bill, which would give Jackson the power to send in the military to collect the tariff tax by force

• Congress also passed a less intense Tariff, the Compromise Tariff of 1833, which was satisfactory to South Carolina.

• Proved that Nullification was still a threat

Multiple Choice

Why was the Tariff of 1832 so hated by South Carolina and the South?

• The Tariff made imported manufactured goods extremely expensive

• The Tariff made French Food extremely cheap

• The Tariff made Southern Restaurants smell bad

Death of the Second Bank

• The National Bank was supposed to manage the Money of the Federal Government

• Andrew Jackson believed that the bank was cheating normal people out of their money

Death of the Second Bank

• Jackson believed that the bank only benefited investors and businessmen, not the average citizen, so He refused to Sign its reauthorization, Allowing the bank to die.

• We do not have a national bank in America ever again, instead many banks spring up to replace it (creating competition

Open Ended

When it comes to Andrew Jackson

1)What do you know about his presidency?

2)What do you need to review?

3) How ready do you feel for the test?

A nation for the common man?

• focus on farming and industry against big business and wealthy investors

• universal white suffrage and a democratic spirit (broadened the publics political involvement)

• the government was opened to all Americans, not just wealthy individuals and those from famous families

A nation for the common man?

• expansionism and manifest destiny

• strict constitutional constructionism (keeping states from encroaching on federal powers and vice versa) leads to the ending of the 2nd bank

• Formed the Democratic Party: " a political party for the common man"

TEST NEXT CLASS!!!!!!

• Andrew Jackson, through Jacksonian Democracy, created a unified nation that was made to benefit the common man.

• How did he do this?

• Does Nullification contradict this unity?

• Was the Indian Removal Act consistent with this focus on unity and the betterment of the Common Man?