Proclamation Regarding Nullification: Resources

Websites

Nullification Crisis by the Gilder Lehrman Institute

You'll have to create a free account for this one, but the Gilder Lehman Institute is a great one-stop shop for all your American history needs.

The Real Deal

Get your hands dirty with the dust of the Library of Congress archive (Okay, so maybe you have to imagine some digital dust). Click here to fill your heart's desire with all the primary source documents you'll need on the Nullification Crisis.

Movie or TV Productions

The President's Lady

A film about politics, love, and intrigue—but if it's about Jackson, what else can you expect? The film covers Jackson's early life and the scandals surrounding his relationship with Rachel Robards. Who needs soap operas when you have American history?

Broadway Andy

Before there was Hamilton, there was Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson, an emo-flavored rock opera about Old Hickory himself.

PBS Does It Again

This PBS documentary captures the walking contradiction that was our 7th President.

Coming Soon to a Theater Near You

There's a film in the works to be called Andrew Jackson and the Battle of New Orleans. Producers Ken and Fred Atchity, announcing the film last year, said they hoped to get Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in major roles. Good luck with that.

Articles and Interviews

The Andrew and The Donald

Comparisons between Trump and Jackson have been coming fast and furious.

Video

The Nullification Crisis

Music? Cartoons? Nullification? What's not to love about this video?

Frankentariff

Some teachers will try anything to make the Nullification Crisis interesting.

Painless U.S. History

This video gets down with democracy and lets in you in the ways that Jackson lastingly influenced American politics, even if a huge chunk of the country really hated his guts. It's a seriously awesome video.

A Hairy Story

How did Jackson, the "common man," legendary war hero, and brazen duelist meet his final demise? Watch this video to find out.

Shmoop's Causes of the Civil War

Watch this video on the causes of the Civil War and ask yourself, doesn't this whole mess sound a little familiar?

Audio

In 1814 We Took a Little Trip

In the 1950s, a high school principal, wanting to make history come alive, wrote a song about Andrew Jackson and the Battle of New Orleans. It became a hit record in 1959, recorded by Johnny Horton. This is the kind of stuff your grandparents called pop music.

Images

Spoiler Alert

Having pretty much invented the spoils system, Jackson deserved a monument to it. Well, a cartoon, anyway.

King Andrew the First

Nullies felt that Jackson ruled like a tyrant.

Andrew Jackson, the Despot

One step too far or just the right height?

Jackson at his Most Presidential

The official White House portrait.

Money Man

These will be historical artifacts in a decade.

Just Zip It

Henry Clay couldn't stand to hear one more word out of Jackson about the Second Bank of the United States, so he took matters into his own hands and sewed up his mouth in this political cartoon.