Election of 1824

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Election of 1824

• The Candidates (All Democratic Republicans)
• John Quincy Adams
• Andrew Jackson
• Henry Clay
• William Crawford

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Election of 1824

• Political Slander
• becomes the focus
• of the election.

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Election of 1824

• Popular Vote Adams 31
• (Out of 365,833) Jackson 43
• Clay 13
• Crawford 13

Total Electoral votes261 Majority Needed131
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Election of 1824

• The Corrupt Bargain !!!
• Weakens Adamss presidency
• Adamss new programs favor the rich
• Strengthens support for the common man
• The common man will become major issue

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Jacksons Campaign

• Jackson traveled the country drumming up support
  for votes
• America shifts towards greater democracy
• Jackson wanted to exploit the shift
• New state constitutions increase voter
  participation

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Changes in Voting Requirements
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Election of 1828

• Throughout mid 1820s, Andrew Jackson became a
  symbol of American democracy
• The growing democracy of America during the time
  of Jackson became known as Jacksonian Democracy

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Election of 1828

• Jackson and his supporters now known as
  Democratsshortened from Democratic Republicans
• Adamss supporters became known as National
  Republicans (later Whigs)
• Election of 1828 marks the return to a two-party
  system!

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Voter Turnout 1824 - 1828
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Election of 1828

• Andrew Jackson wins election!
• Wild crowd attends inauguration

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The Spoils System

• After election, Jackson immediately removes 10
  of all officeholders and appoints his friends and
  supporters
• Known as The Spoils System or patronage
• This system continued until the passage of the
  Pendleton Act in the 1870s

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Indian Removal

• Many Native Americans still in the South.
• Southerners want President Jackson to get them
  OUT
• The 5 tribes became known as the Five civilized
  tribes
• Southerners wanted the valuable land

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The Cherokee Nation After 1820
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Indian Removal

• 1827-1830 Southern states dissolved Indian
  governments and seized lands
• Supreme Court
• steps in to help

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Indian Removal

• Worcester v. Georgia ruled that seizing Indians
  land was unconstitutional
• Jackson ignored the courts decision
• Indian Removal Act 1830 Exchange Indian lands
  in the South for Indian lands in the West
  (Oklahoma)

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Indian Removal

• Some natives leave for Oklahoma, some stay behind
• 1838 U.S. soldiers force 16,000 Cherokees to
  walk to Oklahoma. Over 4,000 die on the way
• Became known
• as Trail of Tears

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1828 Tariff Conflict

• southern states could buy manufactured goods
  cheaper from foreign countries than northern
  states.
• Had trading partners in Europe who sold them
  finished products
• Europe also bought cotton from the southern
  states
• The South called the high tariffs the
  Abomination Tariffs and plotted revenge

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1832 Tariff- Conflict

• In 1832 a new tariff was passed increasing the
  rates from the Tariff of 1828.
• Immediately after Jackson signed the bill,
  Calhoun resigned from his Vice-President post and
  left for South Carolina

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Sen. Robert HayneSC
The Debate over Tariffs
Sen. Daniel WebsterMA
VP John C. Calhoun SC
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The Nullification Proclamation

• Led by former Vice President John C. Calhoun, the
  south nullified the Tariffs
• The Southern states claimed the right to declare
  tariffs null and void.
• The Nullification Proclamation declared that the
  Tariff Acts
• "are unauthorized by the constitution of the
  United States

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Jackson Responds

• Jackson, although an advocate for the common man,
  knew that such blatant disregard of authority
  would tear the Union apart if allowed to
  continue.
• He would not back down before S. Carolina.
• The confrontation never took place because Henry
  Clay intervened with a compromise tariff, which
  promised to reduce the rates for the next few
  years
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The Bank War

• The National Bank maintained US currency and
  maintained much of the economic wealth of the
  United States.
• Jackson felt the Bank was a privileged
  institution that served only the interests of
  the wealthy and did nothing for the common man
  too much power, too few hands.

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The Bank War

• Jackson vetoed the banks charter and asked the
  Secretary of the Treasury to stop putting
  government money in the bank.
• When he refused, Jackson fired him and selected
  someone who would put money in state Banks
• AKAJacksons Pet banks

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Results of the Bank War

• Jackson ignored Checks and Balances and created
  Constitutional problems
• Should one branch be able to refuse to be
  controlled by another branch??
• New political party (Whigs) created to oppose
  Jackson
• Economic problems
• Nation goes into a Panic and then a Depression-
  Panic of 1837