Midterm II
When Jackson rose to presidency in 1828, the presidency was drastically changed. His presidency would bring the most unfortunate changes to the American Political System. Even though Jackson ran for presidency in 1824, he lost against Clay and John Quincy Adams. His National Republicans made a great comeback in the election of 1828 (Jones 275). Known as Old Hickory, he was very bitter and bizarre. He had skulls made out of Native American skulls. As soon as Old Hickory got elected, he altered the way the political system worked in the United States.
His National Republicans were common white men who held slaves. To get their support, Jackson promised them political power. Thus, he introduced a national political spoils system. …show more content…
Georgia and Worcester v. Georgia. The Cherokee Indians were pushed out of their lands by the White Americans and the Indians appealed to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court case proclaimed that the Indians are self governing bodies, which meant that the state of Georgia could not push them out (Jones 277). More importantly, John Marshall made the decision that the Indians had the right to hold the land. Rather than enforcing the Supreme law, Jackson sent troops to Georgia to begin forcing the Indians out of their homeland (Jones 277). He made the Indians walk out from their homes, which became known as The Trail of Tears. Rather than upholding the Supreme law, which is what Jackson was supposed to do, he went against it. He should have been impeached but Old Hickory was not going to go down that easy. This action by Jackson of overruling Supreme Law would also be broken by FDR and Johnson who both went over the law and did things they were not supposed …show more content…
In the North, some blacks were given the right to vote but that was soon taken away (Jones 283). Most blacks suffered from legal restrictions and racial prejudice from all over the place. To end some of this prejudice, the whites in New Jersey in 1817, paid for a new colony settlement called Monrovia on the west coast of Africa (Jones 283). However, most blacks resisted colonization as they, too, wanted the right to be free in America. As the black’s pleas went unheard, Nat Turner, a free black man, enslaved a preacher and mystic and led a revolt in Virginia (Jones 284). Nat Turner and his group of bandits went on a killing spree, killing any white man they saw. Unfortunately, he was captured, convicted and executed before any major killing took
When Jackson rose to presidency in 1828, the presidency was drastically changed. His presidency would bring the most unfortunate changes to the American Political System. Even though Jackson ran for presidency in 1824, he lost against Clay and John Quincy Adams. His National Republicans made a great comeback in the election of 1828 (Jones 275). Known as Old Hickory, he was very bitter and bizarre. He had skulls made out of Native American skulls. As soon as Old Hickory got elected, he altered the way the political system worked in the United States.
His National Republicans were common white men who held slaves. To get their support, Jackson promised them political power. Thus, he introduced a national political spoils system. …show more content…
Georgia and Worcester v. Georgia. The Cherokee Indians were pushed out of their lands by the White Americans and the Indians appealed to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court case proclaimed that the Indians are self governing bodies, which meant that the state of Georgia could not push them out (Jones 277). More importantly, John Marshall made the decision that the Indians had the right to hold the land. Rather than enforcing the Supreme law, Jackson sent troops to Georgia to begin forcing the Indians out of their homeland (Jones 277). He made the Indians walk out from their homes, which became known as The Trail of Tears. Rather than upholding the Supreme law, which is what Jackson was supposed to do, he went against it. He should have been impeached but Old Hickory was not going to go down that easy. This action by Jackson of overruling Supreme Law would also be broken by FDR and Johnson who both went over the law and did things they were not supposed …show more content…
In the North, some blacks were given the right to vote but that was soon taken away (Jones 283). Most blacks suffered from legal restrictions and racial prejudice from all over the place. To end some of this prejudice, the whites in New Jersey in 1817, paid for a new colony settlement called Monrovia on the west coast of Africa (Jones 283). However, most blacks resisted colonization as they, too, wanted the right to be free in America. As the black’s pleas went unheard, Nat Turner, a free black man, enslaved a preacher and mystic and led a revolt in Virginia (Jones 284). Nat Turner and his group of bandits went on a killing spree, killing any white man they saw. Unfortunately, he was captured, convicted and executed before any major killing took