Whose Who of the Jackson Era

    This week in class you will be working with your groups on preparing to debate the Indian Removal Act.  In order to develop a better understanding of the Jackson Era it would be useful to identify the following leaders of that time.  Use the format that we have used in class to Identify people and places from the textbook, in your answer be sure to explain how the person is connected to Andrew Jackson and or the Indian Removal Act.  Use the Henry Clay  example to help you form your answers.

    You can use your textbook, notes, class handouts, or sources online to find your answers.
 

Henry Clay: Representative from Kentucky, and Speaker of the House.  Clay used his political influence to help get John Quincy Adams elected in the 1824 Presidential Election.  Clay was a fierce opponent of Jackson, Clay spoke out against the Indian Removal Act.


Identify


Lewis Cass:




Major Ridge:




John Ross:




Samuel Worcester:



Thomas Hart Benton:



John C. Calhoun:



Elias Boudinot:



Chief John Ross:


Sequoyah:



Chief Justice John Marshall:



David Crockett:



Daniel Webster: