Change In The US As A Result of Land Acquisitions
Dec 16, 2015
Economic Differences and ExpansionLead to Conflict
• Beginning with the purchase of the Louisiana Territory the precedent was set for future land acquisitions
• Jefferson secured control of the Mississippi River for transportation that allowed the west to expand
• It also created more government owned land available for purchase by settlers
Democracy Spreads As New Territories Become States
• It allowed more men to be able to vote• Qualifications to vote changed
Andrew Jackson Elected President
• First to be elected from the West• A democrat• First to be nominated in a national nominating
convention• Favored the “spoils system” which allowed men
to be appointed to government positions as a reward for their support but he argued it allowed more people to be a part of the government
• He was a man most common men could relate with
What accounts for the increase in number of voters in the 1820s and 1830s?
• More men were becoming property owners
• Many states dropped the property requirement for being eligible to vote
• All white males could now vote• Some African Americans who owned
land were even allowed to vote.
Who Backed Him?
• The planter elite in the South• People on the frontier• State politicians (because of the
spoils system)• Immigrants in the city• The “Common Man”
1832 Tariff Conflict1832 Tariff Conflict1828 --> “Tariff of
Abomination”
1832 --> new tariff
South Carolina’s reaction? Refused to pay it
Jackson’s response? Threatened federal force
Clay’s “Compromise” Tariff?
• South Carolina responded by taking back their nullification of the tariff BUT not the right of a state to nullify an act of Congress
• Significance – The immediate threat to the Union was averted.
Indian RemovalIndian RemovalJackson’s Goal?
1830 Indian Removal Act
Cherokee Nation v. GA (1831) * “domestic dependent nation”
Worcester v. GA (1832)
Jackson: John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it!
Economy
Leader__________
Role ofGovernment
NORTHEAST• Business and Manufacturing
• Daniel Webster____________
• Wanted Tariffs• Backed internal
improvements• Wanted end to
cheap public land
• Increasingly nationalistic
• Against Slavery and believed the U.S. Govt. must
abolish it.
SOUTH• Cotton growing• John C. Calhoun_____________• Opposed tariffs and government
spending on American
System• Increasingly supportive of states’ rights
• Pro-slavery and opposed any
steps of the U.S. Govt. to try and
abolish it.
Economy
Leader__________
Role ofGovernment
WEST• Frontier agriculture
• Henry Clay_____________• Supported
internal improvements • Wanted cheap
land• Loyal to the
U.S. Govt.• Against slavery
but some supported letting the
people decide the slavery issue
Economy
Leader__________
Role ofGovernment