Topic 4.8 
Jackson and Federal Power

​THEMATIC FOCUS Politics and Power (PCE)
Debates fostered by social and political groups about the role of government in American social, political, and economic life shape government policy, institutions, political parties, and the rights of citizens.

Learning Objective H 
Explain the causes and effects of continuing policy debates about the role of the federal government from 1800 to 1848.

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC-4.1.I.C
By the 1820s and 1830s, new political parties arose—the Democrats, led by Andrew Jackson, and the Whigs, led by Henry Clay— that disagreed about the role and powers of the federal government and issues such as the national bank, tariffs, and federally funded internal improvements.
KC-4.3.I.B
Frontier settlers tended to champion expansion efforts, while American Indian resistance led to a sequence of wars and federal efforts to control and relocate American Indian populations