Andrew Jackson: Strengthening the U.S. With Foreign Policies

Andrew Jackson: Strengthening the U.S. With Foreign Policies

Erin McGreevy

Period 1 Social Studies

Term: 1829 - 1837

Shipping Rights and Trade: (1830-1837)

Conclusion

Some Reactions

Impact

Motivation

• Canadian's fire setting did not seem to effect U.S. trading with other countries
• No new countries, besides negotiations with Britain and France, involved with trade/shipping rights
• Closer to "home" Jackson also involved in recognizing independence of Texas

Embargo Portrayal of an American Ship

Tariff On Imports: (1828-1829)

• Short: Expanded trade with British West Indies
• Long: Later lead to unsuccessful trade w/ China and Japan

• Wanted to freely trade with Brit. and France
• Jackson negotiated w/ British West Indies (1830)
• French reparations paid back - then negotiations began

In conclusion, Andrew Jackson shaped the Unites States into a superpower today due to his assertive decisions with foreign affairs. Foreign affairs played a significant role during Jackson's term, as well as important domestic affairs. The previous president, John Quincy Adams (1825-1829), lead the way for some of Jackson's decisions, and the following president, Martin Van Buren (1837-1841), followed up with additional ideas and decisions of Jackson.

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Summary

*Nullification ordered by John C. Calhoun, unsuccessful @ first

General Thesis Statement

• Mainly applied to iron + textiles
• Many imports (cotton, wool)
• Protected northerners industry
• Tax on low-priced imported goods
• Jackson classified as: "Protectionist" in North, "Free Trade Advocate" in South

Works Cited

Primary Sources:

Carter, D. M. "Andrew Jackson." Library of Congress. Lib. of

Cong., 2015. Web. 18 May 2015. <http://www.americaslibrary.gov/ aa/jackson/aa_jackson_subj_e.html>.

Andrew Jackson's decisions with Foreign Policies strengthened the United States, while adjusting ways of society, and provided opportunities for new developments on a world stage.

Shipping Rights and Trade: (1830-1837)

Longacre, J. B. "Andrew Jackson." Library of Congress. Lib. of

Cong., 2015. Web. 20 May 2015. <http://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3c17120/>.

Summary

Secondary Sources:

President Andrew Jackson

• Problems dated back from Napoleonic Wars (1836)
• Britain and France tried to keep US from freely trading w/ each other
• Jackson negotiated exchange rights w/ Britain and France
• Jackson agreements with Brit.
• Canadian troops set fire to American ship transporting supplies to Canadian insurgents

Tariff On Imports: (1828-1829)

Davidson, James West, and Michael B. Stoff. Prentice Hall. Upper Saddle River: Pearson, n.d. Print.

"1800-1860: World Events: Selected Occurrences Outside the United States." Encyclopedia.com. N.p., 2015. Web. 19 May 2015. <http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2536601125.html>.

Embargo Ship Portrayal. Pinterest. John F. Blair, 2015. Web. 19 May 2015.

<http:// www.pinterest.com>.

"Indian Treaties and the Removal Act of 1830." USA.gov. U.S. Department of State, 2009. Web.

14 May 2015. <http://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/dwe/16338.htm>.

Lindeux, Robert. The Trail of Tears. California State University. csulb.edu, 2015. Web. 18 May 2015

<http://www.cla.csulb.edu/departments/americanindianstudies/faculty/trj/nae/ chapter_2/001_002_2.28.jpg>.

Schulman, Marc. "1828 Tariff of Abominations." History Central. History Central, n.d. Web.

19 May 2015. <http://www.historycentral.com/Ant/Tariff.html>.

"7. Andrew Jackson." PBS.org. WGBH, 2013. Web. 14 May 2015.

<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/ americanexperience/features/biography/presidents-jackson/>.

"Tariff of 1828." u-s-history.com. u-s-history, 20. Web. 19 May 2015.

<http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h268.html>.

Impact

Motivation

"Tariff of Abominations"

This image shows a farmer, of the South, after the Tariff of 1828 financially negatively impacted the Southern U.S.

• Northern states priority
• Supported because pleased north
• Wanted to preserve the Union
• More tax ($$$) income

• Short: Helped northerners due to low amount of materials tariff applied to
• Short: Southerners outraged
• Short/Long: South paid more, cheap cotton
• Short/Long: South forced to pay more for goods + reduced income of raw materials
• Long: More countries (possible allies) could suggest tariffs*

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Indian Removal Act: (1830)

Impact

Motivation

Summary

• Short: Caused an estimated 4,000-5,000 deaths out of 15,000+
• Short: Had to adjust to a very different climate/land than homeland
• Long: Adjusted to the whites ways of life
• Long: Ways of writing, traditions, were lost

• Gold found on the land of the Cherokees (1828)
• Fertile lands native americans had for growing cotton
• Land for the growing population
• Expanding the land = More money (income)

• Applied to Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, Seminoles
• Allowed to remove Natives from land to west of Mississippi River
• Cherokee Indians forced/transferred off their land
• Ordered for supplies and economic support for Native Americans
• Policies remove Indians dated back to Thomas Jefferson

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Exterior Reactions

Once a foreign country was approved of applying a tariff on imports (textiles, iron) to the coastline of the United States, other countries suggested for tariffs on imports they were providing for the US, but the Tariff of 1828 appealed to Jackson the most.

Trail of Tears

Effect of Indian Removal Act of 1830

Foreign Countries/Persons Reactions

• British Parliament passed bill abolishing slavery (1833)

- practically opposite to Indian Removal (act) and relocation of Natives

• Seminole Native Americans fought three wars because they did not move when ordered, but eventually had to in 1840

• Native American leaders signed treaties giving up land instead of fighting