Explain how Jackson came to power and discuss the main issues of his Presidency.

You must use information from video lectures and powerpoints that I will add to the file.

FORMAT: You will be writing three essays, please refer to the three below. Write a separate essay answer for each of those questions. Each essay should be between 400-625 words (This aligns with Syllabus description of mid-term “Essay Question Based on Textbook readings and lectures 800-1250 words.)

The list of Key Terms below contains people/events/ideas that are connected to the essay questions. Each of your answers should include references to and details of at least FIVE (5) of the key terms related to the topic. In order to write a complete narrative, it is generally necessary to include more than five of these terms. But five is the absolute bare minimum. (SEE BELOW)

1) Andrew Jackson was one of the most divisive Presidents in our history. Some Americans thought he was an excellent President who followed through on promises and improved the nation. While others saw him as a tyrant who illegally expanded the powers of the Presidency. Begin with the election of 1824 and follow through to the end of Jackson’s Presidency in 1836. Explain how Jackson came to power and discuss the main issues of his Presidency. What did he do that divided opinions so strongly?

2) Between 1850 and 1860 citizens in the United States polarized over the issue of slavery. Beginning with the Compromise of 1850 and ending with the assault on Fort Sumter, discuss the significant events, people and attitudes that led to the Civil War.

3) Following the Civil War the Reconstruction process began with basically good intentions. The final result of Reconstruction though, was the institutionalized racism of the Jim Crow era. Discuss Reconstruction efforts to empower freedmen, and the counter-responses that led to the racial segregation and economic control systems of the Jim Crow era.

Election of 1824
Tariff of Abominations
“The Corrupt Bargain”
Indian Removal
Nullification Crisis
Spoils System
The Question of Texas
American Whig Party
Mexican War
California Gold Rush
Stephen Douglas
Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act
Kansas Nebraska Act
Bleeding Kansas
John Brown
Sack of Lawrence
Charles Sumner
Dred Scott Decision
Election of 1856
Harper’s Ferry Raid
Election of 1860
Secession of South Carolina
Confederate States of America
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
Black Codes
Andrew Johnson
Freedman’s Bureau
Ku Klux Klan
Slaughter House Case
Election of 1876
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

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