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Unit 4-EQ 1 Was the Age of Jackson the Age of Democracy? (Undemocratic…
Unit 4-EQ 1 Was the Age of Jackson the Age of Democracy?
Democratic
Represented the common man
Invited common man to inaugaration
Was for the lower man not just the high rich white males
Refer to president jackson notes
"Jackson was the first president to be born west of the Appalachian Mountains"
Listened to people of lower financial status
people got majority vote (gallery walk)
Undemocratic
Controlled who was in his Party
Took more than 120,000 square miles of land from the Cherokee Nation
25% of Cherokee died on the trail of tears
Indian Territory
did not listen to the requests of the Cherokee tribe
Estimated 18,000 Cherokee were forced off of the land
Ignored gov.
trail of tears
Was described as King Andrew because of how much power he abused
All of his decisions helped him and his own well-being
Adopted Lyncoya after abusing his family and tribe
Did not acknowledge the opinions of people he did not care for
Abused powers of veto
bank
spoils system
Gave positions to untrustworthy friends
slave owner
spoke out that slaves were wrong and unmoral to influence others to see him differently
hypocrisy
he said he believed slaves were wrong but he was a owner himself
Samuel Swartwort stole money while he was secretary of state