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Chapter 12 section 3. A New Crisis. Setting the Scene. Our Federal Union - It must be preserved. The Union! Next to our liberty, most dear. Andrew Jackson. John C. Calhoun. A dinner party argument over states-rights. Chapter 12 section 3. A New Crisis.
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Chapter 12 section 3 A New Crisis Setting the Scene Our Federal Union - It must be preserved. The Union! Next to our liberty, most dear. Andrew Jackson John C. Calhoun A dinner party argument over states-rights.
Chapter 12 section 3 A New Crisis A Crisis Over Tariffs 1828 Tariff of Abominations tariff = a tax on imports helps protect manufacturers from foreign competition. Southerners hate it because they buy the foreign goods and have to pay more
Chapter 12 section 3 Calhoun Versus Webster States have the right to nullify or cancel laws that they feel are unconstitutional because the states created the national government! The Constitution unites the people of America, not just the states. The Constitution says it’s the federal or national government that has the final say in the country, not the states. Daniel Webster I agree with Daniel! I resign (quit) as Vice President. John C. Calhoun President Jackson
Chapter 12 section 3 Calhoun Versus Webster John C. Calhoun CONGRATULATIONS SENATOR FOR SOUTH CAROLINA!
Chapter 12 section 3 The Nullification Crisis The Nullification Act We nullify (cancel) this tax in the state of South Carolina! 1832, a new lower protective tariff (tax) ..and if you don’t let us, we QUIT! (secede) I’m furious. Over my dead body will S.Carolina leave the Union!
Chapter 12 section 3 The Nullification Crisis The Nullification Act We repeal our Nullification Act and accept this new lower tax. :( Congress has given me the power to use the army to force S.Carolina to pay the tax! The FORCE ACT
Chapter 12 section 3 Tragedy for Native Americans Indian Nations in the Southeast We must remove those pesky Indians from this valuable farm land. We will give them some land west of the Mississippi, off in the desert wilderness.
Chapter 12 section 3 Tragedy for Native Americans Indian Nations in the Southeast
Chapter 12 section 3 Tragedy for Native Americans A Legal Battle Worcester v. Georgia Cherokee Indians challenged Georgia’s right to make laws for them on their reservations. The U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Cherokees and said Georgia could not.
Chapter 12 section 3 Tragedy for Native Americans A Legal Battle Worcester v. Georgia Andrew Jackson did not enforce the decision of the Supreme Court. This time, he favored states’ rights over the power of the Federal Courts.
Chapter 12 section 3 Tragedy for Native Americans Forced to Leave The Trail of Tears
Chapter 12 section 3 Tragedy for Native Americans Forced to Leave The Trail of Tears
Chapter 12 section 3 Tragedy for Native Americans Forced to Leave The Trail of Tears
Chapter 12 section 3 Tragedy for Native Americans Forced to Leave
Chapter 12 section 3 Tragedy for Native Americans Forced to Leave
Chapter 12 section 3 Tragedy for Native Americans The Seminoles Resist The U.S. Army and the Seminole Indians fight a series of wars, first from 1817-1818, a second from 1835-1842, and a third in 1858 before they were permanently removed from Florida.
Chapter 12 section 3 Tragedy for Native Americans Indian Removal in the Old Northwest
Chapter 12 section 3 Martin Van Buren and Hard Times Election of 1836
Chapter 12 section 3 Martin Van Buren and Hard Times Martin Van Buren 8th President
Chapter 12 section 3 Martin Van Buren and Hard Times The Panic of 1837 BANK CLOSED Bank of the United States With the Bank of the U.S. closed, state banks printed too much paper money not backed with gold, silver, or something of value.
Chapter 12 section 3 Martin Van Buren and Hard Times The Panic of 1837 BANK Before Andrew Jackson left office, he ordered that anyone buying land from the government must pay with gold or silver coins, not paper money.
Chapter 12 section 3 Martin Van Buren and Hard Times The Panic of 1837 BANK CLOSED CLOSED Speculators Speculators and businessmen rushed to trade in their paper money for gold and silver coins. Most banks did not have enough gold and silver to back up the paper money and many banks closed.
Chapter 12 section 3 Martin Van Buren and Hard Times The “Bank” Panic of 1837
Chapter 12 section 3 Martin Van Buren and Hard Times The “Bank” Panic of 1837 Because of the banks closing, many ordinary people lost their life savings.
Chapter 12 section 3 Martin Van Buren and Hard Times Economic Depression Economic Depression 1837-1840
Chapter 12 section 3 Martin Van Buren and Hard Times Economic Depression President Van Buren The American people blamed Martin Van Buren and his laissez faire economic policies for the depression, ignoring the fact that it was Andrew Jackson who closed the Bank of the U.S. and caused the Bank Panic.
Chapter 12 section 3 Campaigns of 1840 The Election of 1840 VS. William Henry Harrison President Van Buren
Chapter 12 section 3 Campaigns of 1840 The Election of 1840 William Henry Harrison John Tyler
Chapter 12 section 3 Campaigns of 1840 The Election of 1840
Chapter 12 section 3 Whigs in the White House William Henry Harrison Vice President John Tyler becomes president
