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Change In The US As A Result of Land Acquisitions
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
Voting Requirements in the Early 19c
Voter Turnout: 1820 - 1860
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.
Andrew Jackson as
President
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 Conflict1828 --> “Tariff of
Abomination”1832 --> new tariffSouth 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 RemovalJackson’s Goal?1830 Indian Removal ActCherokee Nation v. GA (1831)
* “domestic dependent nation”
Worcester v. GA (1832)Jackson:
John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it!
The Cherokee Nation After
1820
Indian Removal
Trail of Tears (1838-1839)
3- Sectional Differences
EconomyLeader
__________Role of
Government
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.
EconomyLeader
__________Role of
Government
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
EconomyLeader
__________Role of
Government
ALL OF THESE THINGS ALONG WITH DISAGREEMENTS OVER THE EXPANSION OF THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY WOULD ULTIMATELY THREATEN NATIONAL UNITY IN THE CIVIL WAR