ANDREW JACKSON'S LEGACY

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ESSENTIAL QUESTION: HOW SHOULD ANDREW JACKSON BE REMEMBERED?

Objectives: SWBAT analyze, evaluate and synthesize excerpted primary and secondary source text on the topic of achievements and contributions of Andrew Jackson to the formation of the American Republic with emphasis on building evidence-based reasoning skills necessary AP American History.

Citations:

Kilmeade, Brian and Yager, Don (2017) Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans – The Battle That Shaped America’s Destiny. USA: Sentinel: Penguin Group (Pgs. 207-232)

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Day 1: VIDEO – WAR OF 1812 (4:00 mins)

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Day 3: VIDEO – JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY (1:37 minutes)

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Part 2 – VIDEO: Biography of Andrew Jackson

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Part 3 – PRIMARY SOURCE: Andrew Jackson’s Shifting Legacy E...

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Andrew Jackson to Cherokee Tribe 1835

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Andrew Jackson and Indian Removal Act

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Part 3 – IMAGE ANALYSIS – Slavery at the Hermitage

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Second Bank of the U.S.

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U.S. Economy – Panic of 1837: Van Buren’s First Challenge

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11.3a.3

Students will examine Jackson’s presidency, noting the ways it strengthened presidential power yet challenged constitutional principles in the case of Worcester v. Georgia (1832), including the controversy concerning the Indian Removal Act and its implementation.