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Additional Class Topics
For Further Interest: Additional Class Topics
Chapter 13:
The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824 - 1840
- Contrast the earlier elitist method of
selecting presidents (reflected in the four-way election of 1824) with the
new, more democratic political methods, including national conventions and
noisy popular campaigns.
- Discuss the political machines and the
spoils system. Consider the advantages and disadvantages of Jacksons
democratic belief that any citizen could hold public office without special
qualifications.
- Focus on Jacksons personality,
particularly his fierce animosities against his enemies, and the secrets of
his appeal as a symbol of democracy and the common person.
- Provide more material on the five
civilized tribes, particularly the Cherokees, and discuss their fate
during and after the Trail of Tears.
- Examine the dramatic events of the Texas
revolution, such as the Alamo and San Jacinto, in relation to the broad historical
context of the Texas revolt. Explain the reasons so many northerners regarded
the Texas revolt as a slaveholders conspiracy. Consider how the Texas
developments might have looked from a Mexican perspective.
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