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Chapter 10: Jackson
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Missouri Compromise
Maine-free
Missouri-slave
36-30 line separated slave from free
meant to maintain balance in the Senate -
Bucktails
Martin Van Buren orgainzes the first political machine in New York -
Monroe Doctrine
John Quincy Adams (Monroe's Secretary of State) writes the Monroe Doctrine defining a foreign policy of isolationism. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
John Marshall's Supreme court rules against a monopoly -
John Quincy Adams is elected president
Adams is elected in the House of Representatives, defeating Jackson.Clay had dropped out of the election, throwing his support to Adams. Once Adams is elected, he appoints clay Secretary of State.Jackson declares this a "corrupt bargain" -
Erie Canal opens
Created international trading access on the Great Lakes and encouraged wetward expansion on water. -
First steam powered printing press
The press will allow mass production of newspapers, books and pamphlets -
Tariff of Abominations
While still a member of Congress, Jackson supports the tariff to protect northern idustries in exchange for new england support in the presidential election -
Jackson defeats JQ Adams
Beginning of modern mudslinging campaigns and the spoils system: giving government jobs to political supporteers. -
Exposition and Protest
John C. Calhoun, Jackson's vice president, anonymously publishes the protest, defending a state's right to nullify laws harmful to its interests. It will lead to the Nullification Crisis -
Baltimore and Ohio railroad opens
First railroad, covered 13 miles of track and grew to 31,000 by 1860. Railroads, canals, and steamships would increase the development of industry in the North. -
Jackson vetoes the Maysville Road bill
Jackson blocked federal support of an extension of the National Road into Kentucky; he believed individual states should pay for internal improvements. -
Indian Removal Act
Congress passes a billto force the removal the Five civilized Tribes -
Cherokee v Georgia
John Marshall's supreme court ruled in favor of the Cherokee in this case, as well as Worcester v Georgia. Indians were "a domestic dependent nation" and could not be forced off the land. Jackson ignored the decision and removed them anyway. -
Jackson vetoes the renewal of the Bank charter
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Tariff of 1832 triggers the Nullifcation Crisis
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Jackson re-elected
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National Road reaches Columbus, Ohio
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Whig Party is organized
The Whig Party is organized in opposition to Jackson's policies.The Whigs supported Clay's American System,the bank, industry, and a strong federal government. Whig presidents were elected in 1840 (Harrison) and 1848 (Taylor) -
McCormick reaper
Invention of the reaper would allow farmers to harvest more grain; they would sart raising additional crops formarket, leading away from jefferson's agrarian ideal -
Specie Circular
When Jackson shut down the Bank, he placed government funds in unregualted state banks (pet banks). This destablized the economy, allowing state banks to print money and establish their own interest rates. To try to stabilize the economy, jackson issued the circular: the government would only accept hard currency for land purchases. this led to the Panic of 1837 -
Van Buren elected president
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John Deere invents the steel plow
Along with McCormick's reaper, the plow would allow farmers to plant larger fields and expand their sales of grain -
Charles River Bridge v Warren Bridge
The Supreme court again rules against monopolies -
Trail of Tears
16,000 cherokee are forcibly relocate west of the Mississppi Rive; up to a quarter of them die along the trail
