Exam 3
Highlight the Nullification Crisis and the role of Jackson and Calhoun:
The Nullification Crisis started when John Quincy Adams was elected president in 1824. Andrew Jackson supporters were bitter that Adams had won the election so they devised a plan to sabotage his presidency. They pushed a proposal to drastically raise tariffs on manufactured goods through congress. They thought this would make him look partial to the north as they would benefit greatly from this proposal. However, the proposal did not pass until 1828, the same year Jackson was elected. The people in the south were angry with the tariff and at Jackson. So instead of negatively affecting Adams presidency, it reflected very poorly on Jackson. South …show more content…
Following a discovery of gold in northern Georgia and a recommendation from President James Monroe, Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830. In the Supreme Court case Cherokee Nation vs Georgia in 1831 the court ruled in favor of Georgia, however in Worcester vs Georgia in 1832 the court ruled in favor of the Cherokees. Jackson ignored the rulings and instead enforced the removal. The U.S. government used the Treaty of Echota in 1835 as leverage to justify the indian removal. The treaty, signed by about 100 Cherokees, gave up all land east of the Mississippi in exchange for land, livestock, money and other goods in Indian …show more content…
This idea has come to be called “Cult of True Womanhood” or “Cult of Domesticity”. This idea, which many have thought derived from feminine literature, speeches, and legislature, was designed for the wives and daughters of white middle class men. Even though this idea that women had to mold into perfect homemakers and had no other choice. Many women found outlets for creativity and created their own ways of dealing with having little choice in their lives. Even though the ideas would not come about for many more decades the idea of equal rights for women and women’s suffrage were