Class blog for 11/14/08 period 5 by Corinne McCormick

We took notes all class period:

-Monroe Doctrine- secretary of state sent out a state of the union address to Europe- stay out of the Americas, no colonies, if the country was to stay out of Americas, U.S. will stay out of European affairs (long standing policy)

-Spoil System- winner of the President of the United States is free to appoint people with government jobs

-Jackson was the first to take this approach, said that common men could obtain government positions, Jackson fills jobs with loyal democrats

-Some argued it was fair and good to have new people holding these government positions, however some thought it was unfair to hire someone with no prior experience

-When Jackson was in office- Indians in the south live on Tribal lands, Americans want more land

-By this time federal gov't would help Indians, many southerners did not agree with this

-States Right South Southerners- more power to the state, federal gov't didn't have the power to help Indians

-resistance was centered in Georgia

-Cherokee tried to demonstrate that they were an- independent republic- with in Georgia, end up writing a formal constitution

- Georgia State Legislature declares all Cherokee law null

-Jackson agrees with Georgia's Legislature, states that there is no way he can protect the Cherokee people, offers to have Indians relocated west, some Indians agree, while others feel it is a bad idea

-Decide to create the Indian Removal Act in which gov't moves Indians west across Mississippi River

-1830- Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia- Indians could not bring suit against Georgia because they were not considered a sovereign group of people

-1832- Worcester vs. Georgia- Supreme Court finds Georgia's claims unconstitutional

-Jackson was unhappy with court's decision, there was no way he would use federal assets to support their decision

-Jackson does nothing do stop Georgians from invading Indian land

-1838- Jackson's successor Martin Van Buren- carries out the Removal Act- 18,000 Indians were moved west, 4,000 Indians died along the way because they were not fed well and it was the middle of the winter, was known as "The Trail of Tears"

Nullification- most gov't power should reside with the states, states should be in control of internal affairs, if gov't passes a law, state did not have to agree with and state could nullify law with in their own state borders

1828- Tariff designed to help Jackson with re-election, pleased North and West, but hurt the South, was a very high tax on all imported goods, South referred to it as the "Tariff of Abomination" because Europe also raised their taxed on imports such as U.S. cotton, even goods that the South would buy from the North cost much more

- Southerners in general (especially South Carolina) worried about Missouri Compromise, could congress pass a law ending slavery all together?, didn't like gradual emancipation, saw factories in the East making much more money

-South begins to feel politically isolated

-Vice President- John C. Calhoon- argued that southern states needed to be able to nullify with in their states boundaries

- Jackson became furious, said that if South Carolina nullifies any laws that it is an act of treason and the persecutor will be hanged

- South takes it seriously, yet Jackson wanted to reduce tariff

-1832- tariff- lower tax rate on imports

-South is still upset- South Carolina formally nullifies every importation tariff

-Jackson asked congress to allow him to take a federal army in South Carolina (force bill), but he also asked to lower tariff again (compromise tariff)

-1833-Jackson signs both the Compromise Tariff and the Force Bill

-South Carolina ended up nullifying their nullification laws

By: Corinne McCormick :]