History 103 *** AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1877 *** Nov. 1, 1996

THE BATTLES OF JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY

I. Indian Removal

• Georgia's claim to authority over Indians
• Cherokees' court challenge
• Worcester v. Georgia (1832); Jackson's reaction
• Indian Removal Act (1830)
• "Trail of Tears"
• Resistance: Black Hawk War (1832); Seminole War (1835-43)

II. The Nullification Crisis

• Tariffs of 1816, 1824
• "Tariff of Abominations" (1828)
• South Carolina Exposition and Protest (1828)
• Calhoun and Jackson
• Webster-Hayne Debate (1830); Jefferson Day toasts (1830)
• Tariff of 1832
• South Carolina's Ordinance of Nullification (1832)
• Jackson's Nullification Proclamation (1832)
• Force Bill (1833)
• Tariff of 1833
• South Carolina's repeal of Nullification Ordinance (1833)

III. The Bank War

• Second Bank of the United States (established 1816)
• Nicholas Biddle
• Jackson's opposition to the Bank
• Henry Clay's campaign strategy
• Recharter bill (1832)
• Jackson's veto and veto message (1832)
• Election of 1832
• Removal of deposits (1833)
• Senate's censure of Jackson; Jackson's Protest (1833)
• Specie Circular (1836)
• Panic of 1837

IV. The Emergence of the Second Party System

• Whigs vs. Democrats
• Legitimacy of opposition
• Van Buren's victory (1836)