Social Studies Curriculum

United States History

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Jacksonian Era 1825-1849

One week (Week 5)

Enduring Understandings

Students will understand:

1. The will of a majority is often upheld at the expense of a minority.
2. The Populist movement during the Jacksonian era expanded public participation in the political process.

Essential Questions

1. How has American democracy changed?
2. What is the changing relationship of peoples of different origins?

Objectives

• Analyze the election of 1824 and assess the effects of the Corrupt Bargain on Adams’ Administration.
• Analyze the impact of Jackson’s policies toward indigenous people.
• Assess the meaning of Jacksonian Democracy including broadening suffrage.
• Identify and understand the changes in the nomination, campaign, and election processes and the development of new political parties, specifically the Democratic-Republican and Whig parties. 
• Analyze the significance of Jackson’s policies including the Nullification Crisis, Bank War, Specie Circular, and executive power.
• Explain the Panic of 1837 and election of 1840. 
• Define essential terms including: kitchen cabinet, spoils system, specie, suffrage, nullification, Indian Removal Act, Worcester v. Georgia, Wilmot Proviso.
• Reflect on the contributions of the following Americans: Sequoia, John Ross, John Ridge, Andrew Jackson, Osceola, John Calhoun, Martin Van Buren, Denmark Vesey, Nat Turner.

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