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Chapter 10 - The Jacksonian Impulse

Images and Maps

The Hermitage
(Scenes from Jackson's Tennessee home)

President's Levee, or All Creation Going to the White House
(This famous image comes from the Library of Congress American Memory collection.)

Cherokee Images, 1800-1838

Today in History: The Nullification Crisis
(Scroll down for images from this episode.)

1816-1860: The Second American Party System and the Tariff
(This site offers several images relevant to this chapter.)

America Votes: Presidential Campaign Memorabilia from the Duke University Special Collections Library
(This site provides a few images relevant to this chapter)

Election of 1832
(This site provides a summary and chart.)

Election of 1836
(This site provides a summary and chart.)

Election of 1840
(This site provides a summary and chart.)

Presidential Voting, 1844-1860 (by State)

HarpWeek: American Political Prints, 1766-1876

 

Primary Sources

South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification

President Jackson's Proclamation Regarding Nullification, December 10, 1832

Message by President Andrew Jackson Vetoing the Second United States Bank Recharter, July 10, 1832

Veto Message

The Removal Act, 28 May 1830

Cherokee Nation v. State of Georgia (1831)

Andrew Jackson, "Indian Removal and the General Good," from Second Annual Address, 6 December 1830

North American Indian Removal Policy: Andrew Jackson Addresses Congress

Cherokee Letter Protesting the Treaty of New Etocha

Extract from Andrew Jackson's Seventh Annual Message to Congress, December 7, 1835

Andrew Jackson, Second Inaugural Address, Monday, March 4, 1833

Daniel Webster: "Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable,"January 26, 1830

Democracy in America by Alexis DeTocqueville
(This site includes other resources besides the text.)

The Democratic Review: "An Introductory Statement of the Democratic Principle,"
by John L. O'Sullivan (1837)

Andrew Jackson, A Political Testament

 

Secondary Sources

A Brief Biography of Andrew Jackson, 1767-1845
(From A Hypertext on American History)

"Andrew Jackson and the Tavern Keeper's Daughter" by J. Kingston Pierce
(An essay exploring the Peggy Eaton affair, from American History)

Indian Removal
(From Africans in America)

Mary Hershberger, "Mobilizing Women, Anticipating Abolition: The Struggle Against Indian Removal in the 1830s"
(From The Journal of American History)

The Trail of Tears
(This site also includes several images and maps.)

A Brief History of Banking in the United States

The American Whig Party (1834-1856)
(From A Hypertext on American History)

David E. Johnson, "A Ceaseless Torrent of Music"
(This article from American History explores campaign techniques used during the Second American Party System.)

Andrew Jackson: The First Roughshod President
(From The American President)

Dan Sanders, "Music to Win the White House By: Songs in Presidential Campaigns"
(From The American President)

 

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