6.06 War on the Bank

Assessment: Fictional résumé and interview for President Andrew Jackson

1. Complete the reading and any interactives for this lesson. Review your 411 file. You are responsible for understanding the vocabulary and concepts in the Lesson Handout (last page).

2. Create a fictional résumé for President Jackson.

Your résumé must include the following:

birth and death dates location experience contributions (i.e. Supreme Court cases and major events) interesting facts

For tips on writing a résumé, explore this website.

3. Create a fictional interview of President Jackson. You must include 10 questions and answers. Pretend that the year is 1838 and you are interviewing President Jackson about his

experiences during his presidency from 1829-1837. Use your historical imagination to answer these 10 questions from the perspective of President Jackson.

Make sure that the answers he gives relate to the information that you researched about President Jackson. These answers should be a possible answer that he would give and relate to his experience during his presidency.

4. Include a minimum of two images of President Jackson.

5. You select the format in which you would like to present this information. Be creative!

Rubric:

Performance Level

Excellent Good Needs Improvement Score Yourself

What content did you learn?

16-20 points

All of the following are present:

résumé of President Jackson

10 interview questions related to his presidency

10 interview answers related to the his presidency

images of President Jackson

11-15 points

No more than two of the following are missing:

résumé of President Jackson

10 interview questions related to his presidency

10 interview answers related to the his presidency

Images of President Jackson

0-10 points

No more than three of the following are missing:

résumé of President Jackson

10 interview questions related to his presidency

10 interview answers related to the his presidency

images of President Jackson

Can you apply what you learned?

16-20 points

All of the following are present:

presentation accurately summarizes Jackson’s presidency

résumé reflects President Jackson’s contributions to the presidency

interview questions accurately reflect research on President Jackson

interview answers accurately reflect research on President Jackson

11-15 points

No more than two of the following is missing:

presentation accurately summarizes Jackson’s presidency

résumé reflects President Jackson’s contributions to the presidency

interview questions accurately reflect research on President Jackson

interview answers accurately reflect research on President Jackson

0-10 points

No more than three of the following are missing:

presentation accurately summarizes Jackson’s presidency

résumé reflects President Jackson’s contributions to the presidency

interview questions accurately reflect research on President Jackson

interview answers accurately reflect research on President Jackson

How are your 21st century skills?

9-10 points

All of the following are present:

engaging and attractive presentation

no more than two errors in grammar or spelling

6-8 points

No more than one of the following is missing:

engaging and attractive presentation

no more than two errors in grammar or spelling

0-5 points

No more than two of the following are missing:

engaging and attractive presentation

no more than two errors in grammar or spelling

6.06 Handout

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

The case was important because it established a precedent for the relationships between the federal government and the state governments. It stated that the federal government had powers the Constitution did not list, known as implied powers. These implied powers granted Congress the constitutional right to establish a national bank. They said that states had the power to tax within their borders. However, the state of Maryland did not have the power to tax a federal establishment. Maryland’s decision to tax the national bank was an attempt to destroy the bank. The state challenged the supremacy of federal power.

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

Ogden thought that the state’s right to regulate navigation was not part of the federal Commerce Clause.

Gibbons thought that the federal government had the right to regulate interstate trade.

The Supreme Court unanimously (6–0) ruled in favor of Gibbons and the federal government. The case was important because it established a precedent for the Congress to override a state law when it conflicts with a federal law. It also extended the definition of commerce to include navigation. States could not pass commerce laws in direct conflict with federal law. The case has an economic impact as well, because the decision allows the federal government some control over trade within and across state borders.

The Nullification Crisis: November, 1832 South Carolina declares both the Tariff of 1828 and 1832 unconstitutional and states they will not enforce the tariffs. State lawmakers also say that if the federal government tries to enforce it, the state will secede. They begin to prepare state militia in case of attack. South Carolina backs down when President Jackson requests permission to use the Army to enforce the law.

The Bank War: July, 1836 Jackson issues the Specie Circular. In it, he required payment for public land in gold or silver, rather than paper money. People panicked. Banks required people to repay loans early. People rushed the banks to trade in their paper money for gold or silver. Within a year, a severe economic depression set in, called the Panic of 1837. Some blame Andrew Jackson’s Bank War, though other factors likely helped create the crisis as well.