Today's Agenda

Content Standards:
Students will analyze how history is a series of connected events shaped by multiple cause and effect relationships, tying past to present.
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Learning Target:
I can summarize the key political events during Andrew Jackson’s presidency; and I can assess his legacy.

Critical Vocabulary: Election of 1824, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, "Corrupt Bargain,” Election of 1828, Universal White Manhood Suffrage, Spoils System, Democratic Party, Whig Party, Nullification Crisis, “Tariff of Abominations,” “The South Carolina Exposition,” Peggy Eaton Affair, Maysville Road, Hayne-Webster Debate, Tariff of 1832, Nullification Proclamation, Force Bill, Tariff of 1833, Second Bank of the United States, Panic of 1819, McCulloch v. Maryland, Bank War, Nicholas Biddle, “Pet Banks,” Specie Circular, Panic of 1837, Martin Van Buren, Independent Treasury Bill, Five Civilized Tribes, Indian Removal Act, Worcester v. Georgia, Trail of Tears

Today's Agenda:

1. Background Question: What two parties emerged in the U.S. during the 1820s? Who was the leader of each?
2. Citizenship Question: What does the judicial branch do? 
   A. amends the Constitution and overturns laws 
   B. decides if a law goes against the Constitution 
   C. stipulates the number of Supreme Court Justices 
   D. provides legal advice to the President and his staff 
3. Guided Instruction: Jacksonian Democracy
4. Collaborative Learning: Indian Removal Document Analysis
5. ​Reflection Question: Does Jackson's position on Indian Removal make him more of a hero or a villain in your eyes? Explain.

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Homework: Jacksonian Democracy Reading