A Democratic Revolution 1820-1844

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A Democratic Revolution1820-1844

• Chapter 10

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The United States of America

• The most able men in the United States are very
  rarely placed at the head of affairs.
• Alexis de Tocqueville (1835)
• Instead inept farmers, shopkeepers, and country
  lawyers
• Basil Hall (1829)
• Founding Fathers property-owning men of
  talents and virtue ruled the republic ? now
  democracy was expanding
• Increased franchise

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Decline of Notables

• Notables ? landlords, slave-owning planters,
  merchants
• Those who own the country are the most fit
  persons to participate in the government of it.
• John Jay (1810)

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Rise of Parties

• All men of sense know that political parties
  are inseparable from free government.
• Founded the Bucktails ? Albany Regency
• Political machine (state level)
• Used newspaper (Albany Argus)
• Patronage
• After gaining control of the state legislature ?
  6,000 jobs

Little Magician
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How important is character in selecting a
President?
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Essential Question
King Andrew?
Champion of the Common Man?
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The Common Mans Candidate
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Jacksons Faith in the Common Man
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Jacksons Opponents in 1824
Andrew Jackson TN
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Results of the 1824 Election
Winner?
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The Election of 1824
Candidate Popular Vote Electoral Vote
43 99
31 84
13 41
13 37
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Results of the 1824 Election House of
Representatives
A Corrupt Bargain?
Winner!
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The "Corrupt Bargain" of 1824

• There were 4 main "Republican" candidates in the
  election of 1824 
• Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, William
  Crawford, and Henry Clay
• No candidate won the majority of the electoral
  votes
• HOR had to choose the winner
• Henry Clay, the Speaker of the House, was
  eliminated although he did have much say in who
  became president 
• Clay convinced the House to elect John Quincy
  Adams
• Adams made Clay the Secretary of State
• Much of the public felt that a "corrupt bargain"
  had taken place
• Jackson had received the popular vote 

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A Yankee Misfit in the White House

• John Quincy Adams was a strong nationalist
• Nationalistic Program
• 1826 mid-term elections
• Democrat-Republicans (Democrats)
  gained seats
• Opposed Adams policies

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Tariff Dispute

• 1816
• 1824
• South vigorously, but unsuccessfully opposed
  raising tariff
• Raised the price of manufactured goods
• Caused foreign countries to cut back on purchases
  of cotton

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The Tricky "Tariff of Abominations"

• In 1824, Congress increased the general tariff
  significantly
• The Tariff of 1828-
  "
• Hated by Southerners
• Extremely high tariff
• Felt it discriminated against them

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Politics in 1828

• Before/during the election of 1824, two factions
  had formed National Republicans (later Whigs)
  and Democratic-Republicans (later Democrats)
• National Republicans
• Clay, Adams, Webster
• Well-established propertied classes merchants,
  manufacturers, large landowners
• Democratic-Republicans
• Jackson, Van Buren (Jefersonians)
• Small farmers, new business leaders, city workers

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How important is character in selecting a
President?
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How does this song make you feel?
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Rachel Jackson
Final Divorce Decree
A Key Issue in Election of 1828
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Jackson in Mourning for His Wife
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Revolution of 1828?
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"Old Hickory" as President