Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Whose Who of the Jackson Era.

Tonight for homework use your notes, the textbook, and the internet to describe the following important people from the Age of Jackson. Be sure to explain how the person is connected to Andrew Jackson or Jackson's Administrations. Use the Henry Clay example as a guide for your responses.


Henry Clay:Speaker of the House and member of the Whig Party. Clay used his influence in Congress to help get John Quincy Adams elected President in 1824. Clay was one of Jackson's fiercest opponents.

John C. Calhoun


Thomas Hart Benton


Nicholas Biddle


John Quincy Adams


Rachel Jackson


Daniel Webster


Martin Van Buren


James Monroe


Lewis Cass


Chief John Ross


Chief Justice John Marshall


Samuel Worcester


Elias Boudinot (Cherokee)


Major Ridge


John Ridge





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