Andrew Jackson: The Scoundrel Who Transformed America – Course Website

COURSE MATERIALS

Syllabus
Declaration of Independence
United States Constitution
Andrew Jackson Timeline
Links to Course Related Websites
CNN Presidential Historian’s Survey

WEEK 1 – Sept 9, 2025

Notes – Week 1

Recommended:

• Inaugural Address 1829
• First Annual Message
• Letter to the Creek Indians
• One Sentence in the Constitution

WEEK 2 – SEPT. 16, 2025

Week 2 – Notes

Recommended:

• Peter Baker Op Ed

WEEK 3 – SEPT. 23, 2025

Recommended:

• Indian Removal Act of 1830
• Daniel Webster Second Reply to Hayne
• Maysville Veto
• The Cherokee Nation v. Georgia

WEEK 4 – SEPT. 30, 2025

Election of 1832

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/elections/1832

Recommended:

• Worcester v The State of Georgia
• Second Annual Message (edited)
• Furman Calhouns Fort Hill Address 1831
• Clay, The American System

WEEK 5 – OCT 7, 2025

Recommended:

• Second Inaugural Address
• Fourth Annual Message
• Proclamation 43-Regarding the Nullifying Laws of South Carolina
• Veto Message of the Reauthorization of the Bank of the United States

WEEK 6 – OCT 14, 2025

• Notes – Week 6

Recommended:

• Message-to-the-Senate-Protesting-Censure-Resolution-The-American-Presidency-Project
• Message Read to the Cabinet on Removal of the Public Deposits – The American Presidency Project
• U.S. Senate_ Senate Censures President