Interesting Historical FactsPeople picture Abraham Lincoln with a beard.
The truth is, he was clean shaven all of his life until just shortly before the election that made him the 16th President.
President Grover Cleveland was married in office. Not unusual. But he was 49 and his bride, Frances Folsom, who was only 21.
The first person to become president who was born in a hospital was Jimmy Carter.
Industrial Revolution/Jacksonian America
Ch 7 Sec 1-4
What homemade goods do you use today?
What new technology do you use on a daily basis?
Chalk Talk
Tariff of 1816British goods were
being sold far more than American products
Placing a tariff on imports eliminated foreign price advantage
Use money for internal improvements
People from the West and South despised Tariff b/c increased cost of products
The Second Bank of the United States (BUS)
Made available a currency guaranteed to be accepted nation wide
Allowed for people in different regions to do business
Show the world the U.S. is open for business
2nd bank will be chartered for the next 20 years
In order for people in different regions to do business and allow for the U.S. economy to grow, a system of communication and travel
needed to be built
Internal Improvements (pg 217)
How do members of a group make decisions?Who should have the final authority? How is the relationship between the class and
myself similar to the state government and the federal government during the early part of U.S. history?
"Which to choose?"
Election of 1824First election that looked at
the popular vote (white male suffrage)
Corrupt Bargain House of Reps had to decide
winnerAdams made a deal with
Clay to get votes in the House of Reps
In turn, Clay became Adam’s sec of state
Jacksonians in House and Senate block agenda of Adams
Election of 1828Dirty campaign Jackson winsSpoils System (clears
out 10% of the federal government and fills them with his people)
Uses the “veto” more than any president up until that point
What are some of the differences that exist between the North and South today?
Chalk Talk
What are some differences between living in urban cities and the rural country
Chalk Talk
CausesThe Tariff of Abominations
(1828/1832) is passed which leads John C. Calhoun to develop the theory of nullification
Differences in the economies of the North and South lead to different opinions on tariffs (bad for South)
South Carolina declares tariff of 1832 null and void
Jackson is furious and declares South Carolina’s action as treasonous and threatens to hang Calhoun and occupy area with soldiers
Henry Clay comes up with a compromise to help settle differences
Nullification ConflictResults
CausesA renewal of the U.S.
bank is introduced Many people
(including Jackson) believed that the bank only served the interest of the wealthy
Jackson transferred all money in the B.U.S. into state banks (pet banks)
Jackson vetoes charter
B.U.S. becomes just another bank and bankrupts 5 years later
Bank of the U.S. ConflictResults
