CHAPTER OUTLINE

Jacksonian presidency Tempo of the nation in l828 Issue of equality in the Jacksonian period Inauguration Jackson characterized Appointments Political rivalry between Van Buren and Calhoun Jackson’s democratic concept of rotation in office Peggy Eaton affair and its effects Policies of conflict with Calhoun Internal improvements Justification of Jackson’s veto of Maysville Road Bill, l830 Attitude about other internal improvements Nullification issue Basis for South Carolina’s concern about the tariff Calhoun’s theory of nullification Webster-Hayne debate Jackson’s toast at the Jefferson Day Dinner The final break with Calhoun Crawford’s letter relating to Calhoun’s disciplining of Jackson A new administration newspaper Cabinet shake-up Van Buren’s appointment to England killed by Calhoun Jackson to seek reelection The nullification crisis The tariff problem Calhoun’s views South Carolina’s actions of nullification Jackson’s firm responses Resolution of the crisis Jackson’s Indian policy Jackson’s attitude Indian Removal Act and treaties Indians in the Old Southwest Cherokees’Trail of Tears Georgia’s legal actions toward Indians Supreme Court rulings Jackson’s reaction Cherokee removal Effect of Jackson’s actions on nullificationists The bank controversy The bank’s opponents Jackson’s views Biddle’s effort to recharter Jackson’s grounds for veto The election of 1832 Innovations of the Anti-Masonic party National conventions of the National Republicans and the Democrats Results of the election Jackson’s removal of deposits Basis for his actions Changes in the treasury Removals to pet banks Economic reaction to the removal Contraction of credit in Biddle’s bank Speculative binge Increase in land sales State indebtedness Bursting the bubble Distribution Act Specie Circular International complications Banks begin to collapse Political impact of the controversy Van Buren and American politics Van Buren and the new party system Emergence of the Whigs Sources of support Whig philosophy Democratic nominees Whig coalitions Results of the election Van Buren’s administration Van Buren characterized The Panic of 1837 Causes and effects Government reaction Proposal for an independent treasury Basis for the concept Passage in 1840 Other issues of the times The election of l840 Democratic nominees Whig nominees The campaign Results of the election Assessing the Jacksonian years Mass political parties and increased voter participation Brief survey of treatment by historians A closing assessment