Andrew+Jackson+Stuff+JT2010

__//**HOW DEMOCRATIC WAS ANDREW JACKSON?**//__ //**Document 1**//

Title of Document: Methods of Electing Presidential Electors: 1816 to 1836.

Date of Document: 1975

Source: Adapted from //Historical Statistics of the United States, Part 2//, 1975.

Primary Source/Secondary source: Secondary Source.

Author of Document: N/A

Possible Bias of Author: N/A

Important facts found in document: The states with stars were not yet states at the time of the election.

What inferences can I make from this document? That the states changed how they voted for president.

Overall, what is the main idea of this document? To show how states voted for president.

How can I use this document? To find out how states voted for president.

One quote that will be useful in my essay: In 1836 South Carolina was the only state to vote by the legislature branch.

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 * //Document 2//**

Title of Document: The Election of Andrew Jackson.

Date of Document: 1994

Source: Thomas Baily and David Kennedy, //The American Pageant//, 1994.

Primary Source/Secondary source: Secondary Source.

Author of Document: N/A

Possible Bias of Author: Liked Andrew Jackson

Important facts found in document: People ave come five hundred miles to see Jackson.

What inferences can I make from this document? People liked that Jackson became president.

Overall, what is the main idea of this document? How people reacted the Andrew Jackson

How can I use this document? To see how people thought of Jackson

One quote that will be useful in my essay: "The people shall rule!"

__//**HOW DEMOCRATIC WAS ANDREW JACKSON?**//__ //**Document 3**//

Title of Document: Cartoon

Date of Document:1832

Source: Library of Congress, Lithograph, 1832, LC-USZ62-1562

Primary Source/Secondary source: Primary Source.

Author of Document: N/A

Possible Bias of Author: Hated Andrew Jackson

Important facts found in document: He is holding a veto, he is dressed as a King, and an eagle is table leg and the table only has one leg.

What inferences can I make from this document? that the author hated Jackson as president.

Overall, what is the main idea of this document? Why some people hated Andrew Jackson.

How can I use this document? To see how other people thought about Jackson.

One quote that will be useful in my essay: He is stepping on the Constitution.

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 * //Document 6//**

Title of Document: Andrew Jackson's Letter to Congress

Date of Document: December 8, 1829

Source:Senate Documents, 21st Congress, 1829-1830

Primary Source/Secondary source: Primary Source

Author of Document: Andrew Jackson

Possible Bias of Author: Wants to help public officers

Important facts found in document:

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Overall, what is the main idea of this document?

How can I use this document?

One quote that will be useful in my essay: