Texas TEKS 8.5.G

Social Studies8th GradeHistory

The Standard

explain the impact of the election of Andrew Jackson, including expanded suffrage

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students connect the removal of property requirements in many states to greater voting participation among white men and stronger support for Jackson. They also explain how campaigns and political parties began appealing to a broader electorate.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students can explain why the electorate grew while naming who remained excluded, including women and most Black and Native people. They can use election data or a source to support their explanation.
Common Misconceptions: Students may think Jackson personally gave voting rights to all men. They may also miss that state laws varied and that many suffrage changes began before the 1828 election.
How to Assess It: Give students voter eligibility data from 1800 and 1828. Ask: “How did changing voter requirements help reshape Jackson’s election, and who still could not vote?”

Lesson moves

Have pairs arrange suffrage law, campaign, and election cards on a timeline, then draw arrows showing cause and effect.
Ask students to write: “Was Jackson the cause of expanded voting, a result of it, or both?” using two facts.
Play a sorting game where students classify fictional 1828 residents as eligible, ineligible, or dependent on state law.
Compare an 1828 campaign broadside with a current campaign post, then list one shared strategy and one difference in intended voters.

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