Objectives

Students will:

1. Identify the changes President Jackson brought to the American political system.
2. Discuss the reasons the Whigs came to power in 1840.
3. Relate how Native Americans were forced off their lands in the Southeast.
4. Outline how and why President Jackson defied the Supreme Court.
5. Analyze how the Ordinance of Nullification led to a states' rights showdown.
6. Examine the reasons Jackson opposed the Bank of the United States.
7. Analyze and interpret political cartoons.