JOHN Q. ADAMS AND THE CORRUPT BARGAIN

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JOHN Q. ADAMS AND THE CORRUPT BARGAIN

• PURITAN MISFIT
• 1825 TO 1829

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THE ELECTION OF 1824 FOUR CANDIDATES

• J.Q.ADAMS
• A. JACKSON
• WILLIAM CRAWFORD
• HENRY CLAY
• 131 ELECTORAL VOTES NEEDED

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THE CAMPAIGN

• DIRTY AND LOUD
• LOG CABIN POLITICS
• UNIVERSAL MALE SUFFRAGE

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THE RESULTS

• JACKSON 99
• ADAMS 84
• CRAWFORD 41
• CLAY 37
• HOUSE CHOOSES FROM TOP 3

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CLAY IS KING MAKER

• SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
• CLAY HATES JACKSON
• CRAWFORD HAS STROKE
• SIDES WITH ADAMS
• ADAMS MAKES CLAY SEC. OF STATE.

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JACKSON CRIES CORRUPT BARGAIN!!

• RECEIVED 99 ELECTORAL VOTE TO 84
• RECEIVED 45,000 MORE POPULAR VOTES.
• 1828 CAMPAIGN BEGINS IN 1825
• THEME SHALL THE PEOPLE RULE?

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ADAMS AS PRESIDENT.

• HUMORLESS, BUT HAD BEEN A BRILLANT SEC. OF STATE
• BUT NO POLITICAL BASE AS PRESIDENT.
• ONLY 30 OF THE VOTERS WANTED ADAMS.

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PRESIDENT ADAMS

• REJECTED THE SPOILS SYSTEM.
• HE HELD NATIONALIST VIEWS AS SECTIONALISM
  RETURNED.
• WANTED A NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, FAVORED FAIR
  TREATMENT OF INDIANS.

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MORE

• IGNORED SECTIONAL PROBLEMS.
• ADAMS EVEN HANDLED FOREIGN POLICY BADLY.
• DEMANDS ACCESS TO THE BRITISH WEST INDIES.
• GEORGE CANNING SAYS NO!

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MORE PROBLEMS THE PANAMA CONGRESS 1826

• BOLIVAR CALLS CONGRESS
• ADAMS SENDS APPOINTMENT FOR CONGRESSIONAL
  APPROVAL.
• JACKSONITES DELAY HEARING, ATTACK ADAMS AND CLAY.
• PANAMA CONGRESS ENDS.

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THE TARIFF OF ABOMINATIONS 1828

• A POLITICAL TRICK GOES WRONG.
• TARIFF OF 1816S RATE 20 TO 25
• TARIFF OF 1824 NEW RATE 37
• JACKSONITES INTRODUCE TARIFF OF 1828 45 RATE.

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MORE

• THEY WERE SURE ADAMS WOULD VETO. WOULD HURT HIM
  IN NEW ENGLAND
• SOUTH CALLS IT THE TARIFF OF ABOMINATION.
• ADAMS SURPRISES JACKSONITES BY SIGNING THE BILL.

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CHANGING POSITIONS ON TARIFFS

• DANIEL WEBSTER HAD SPOKEN AGAINST TARIFF OF 1816
• JOHN C. CALHOUN SPONSORED THE TARIFF OF 1816.
• POSITIONS ARE REVERSED BY 1828.
• THE SOUTH IS OUTRAGED

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REASONS FOR POSITIONS

• SOUTH HEAVY CONSUMERS OF IMPORTED GOODS
• LEAST PROSPEROUS SECTION
• FLEW FLAGS AT 1/2 STAFF.
• DENOUNCED THE YANKEE TARIFF

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SOUTHERN PROTEST

• VICE PRESIDENT CALHOUN PUBLISHES THE SOUTH
  CAROLINA EXPOSITION AND PROTEST. REVIVES
  NULLIFICATION THEORY.
• NECESSARY TO HOLD THE UNION TOGETHER.-CALHOUN

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MORE

• CALHOUN INDIVIDUAL STATES CAN NULLIFY FEDERAL
  LAWS.
• HE EXPECTED OTHER SOUTHERN STATES TO FOLLOW. NONE
  DID
• THEY EXPECTED JACKSON TO BE ELECTED IN 1828. HE
  WOULD END THE TARIFF.

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THE RETURN OF THE 2 PARTY SYSTEM.

• DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICANS SPLIT IN 1824
• NATIONAL REPUBLICANS SUPPORT ADAMS AND CLAY
• THE DEMOCRATS BACK JACKSON.
• ISSUE OF 1828 SHALL THE PEOPLE RULE?

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THE CAMPAIGN IN 1828

• MUD SLINGING
• JACKSONS MOTHER WAS A PROSTITUTE!
• JACKSON THE DUELIST KILLER.
• RACHEL ROBARDS, JACKSONS WIFE TREATED BADLY
• DIES SHORTLY AFTER THE ELECTION

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JACKSON WINS A CLEAR VICTORY

• 178 TO 83 AND 66 OF THE POPULAR VOTE.
• JACKSON TAKES THE WEST THE SOUTH.
• FIRST TIME COMMON PEOPLE VOTE IN LARGE NUMBERS.

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JOHN Q. ADAMS AFTER THE PRESIDENCY.

• ELECTION TO THE HOUSE OF REP.
• SERVE 17 YEARS
• DIED AT AGE 80 STILL IN THE HOUSE.
• LARGE STATE FUNERAL

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THE REVOLUTION OF 1828

• POLITICAL POWER MOVE WEST.
• GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN BY EASTERN ARISTOCRATS
• GOVERNMENT FOR THE PEOPLE. NOT BY THE PEOPLE.
• JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY BROUGHT GOVERNMENT OF AND
  BY THE PEOPLE.

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WHAT IS JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY?

• BASED ON UNIVERSAL MALE SUFFRAGE.
• COMMON PEOPLE CAN RUN THE GOVERT.
• INCLUDES FARMERS AND INDUSTRIAL WORKERS
• EXPANDS SOCIAL POLITICAL DEMOCRACY.

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MORE

• SUPPORTS TRADE UNIONS
• CHEAP FEDERAL LAND
• PRESIDENT REPRESENTS ALL THE PEOPLE
• CONVENTIONS SHOULD SELECT CANDIDATES

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JACKSON SPOILS SYSTEM

• ROTATION IN OFFICE
• MORE VICTORS THAN SPOILS
• SCANDALS SAMUEL SWARTWONT
• POLITICAL MACHINE POLITICS

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CABINET CRISIS

• MEDIOCRE CABINET EXCEPT VAN BUREN
• THE KITCHEN CABINET
• THE PEGGY EATON AFFAIR 1831
• JACKSON BREAKS WITH CALHOUN

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THE MAYVILLE ROAD

• JACKSONS REVENGE AGAINST CLAY
• JACKSON VETOES MAYVILLE ROAD IN KENTUCKY ON
  CONSTITUTIONAL GROUNDS

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THE WEBSTER-HAYNE DEBATES

• ROBERT Y HAYNE OF SO. CAROLINA (STATES RIGHTS)
• DANIEL WEBSTER- (THE UNION CAUSE)
• A ROPE OF SAND. -WEBSTER
• LIBERTY AND UNION NOW AND FOREVER!