34) December 3, 2018

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3. Daily Write--The Trial of Andrew Jackson?
1. Why did Jackson introduce the spoils system? What did he call it, how did he describe it, and why was it important to him and his Democratic Republicans?
2. How did Jackson's institution of the spoils system democratize and Americanize the executive branch?
3. When the spoils system came into being under Jackson's administration, how did he and his supporters defend it? Would you have defended it at the time? If so, why? If not, why not?
4. Did the destruction of Second Bank of the United States create the Panic of 1837? If so, how? If not, why not?
5. How did Jackson and his supporters defend the starving of the Bank of the United States? What did his critics claim were his motives? How would you have sided at the time? If you would have supported Jackson, why would you have supported his position? If you had defended the bank, why would you have taken that position?
6. What was Jackson's argument for removing the Native Tribes beyond the Mississippi River? Why did the Supreme Court support the Cherokee position and why did Jackson disagree?
7. How did gold and the need for new cotton-growing land play a role in the removal of the Native Tribes?
8. How do you think Jackson's long running history with many different Native Tribes played a role in his position toward Indian Removal?
9. Which other issues and positions that were not mentioned in the video could you use to prosecute or defend Jackson? Which would be most helpful to the prosecution and which would be most helpful to the defense and why?
10. What is the major issue regarding Jackson that you would like to judge him on???
4. Ethnicity, Nationality, Culture
5. Question Your Answers
1. How do you know what you know?
6. Daily Closing
1. What did you learn?
2. How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
3. How does it or will it affect you?
4. How can you use it?