This Lesson can be used alongside The Trail of Tears Narrative to highlight the plight of American Indians during the Jackson presidency.

Students should be familiar with the increasing tensions between American Indians and U.S. settlers discussed in the Chapter 5 Introductory Essay: 1800-1828 and the following Narratives: The Lewis and Clark Expedition ,Old Hickory: Andrew Jackson and the Battle of New Orleans , and Tecumseh and the Prophet.

This Lesson should follow the Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Struggle for Women's Suffrage Narrative.

Did John C. Calhoun's political theories on the dangers of majority rule adhere to the Framers goal of protecting the rights of all? Barton A. Myers and James H. Read debate this question.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.

What changes occurred in the U.S. during the Jacksonian era?

Explores the nullification crisis and its resolution.

What impact did Mormonism have on westward expansion?

What was the U.S. policy toward American Indians?

How did William Lloyd Garrison fight to end slavery?

How did Nat Turner's Rebellion impact U.S. society?

Explores how Texas became part of the United States.

How did Elizabeth Cady Stanton help win female suffrage?

Explores women's experiences in early industrial jobs.

How did John Quincy Adams fight for justice in the Amistad case?

Explores Frederick Douglass' escape from slavery.

By the end of this section, you will explain how different regional interests affected debates about the role of the federal government in the early republic.

Was the democratization of politics during the Jacksonian era a shift from Founding era political theory?

Answer Key for Chapter 6 of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness