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I. The Election of 1824
B. Four candidates from the Republican Party
competed for the presidency. ?

• William H. Crawford
• a. former congressman from Georgia
• b. poor health weakened him as a candidate.
• 2. Andrew Jackson
• a. hero of War of 1812
• b. raised in poverty spoke for Americans who
  had been left out of politics
• 3. Henry Clay
• a. from Kentucky was Speaker of the House
• b. fought for internal improvements, high
  tariffs, and strong national bank
• 4. John Quincy Adams
• a. Massachusetts (son of John Adams)
• b. received support from merchants of Northeast

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C. Striking a Bargain
1. No candidate received a majority, or more than
half, of the electoral votes. ?
2. Jackson won 99 electoral votes which gave him
a plurality, or largest single share. ? 3. When
no candidate receives a majority of electoral
votes, the House of Representatives selects the
president. ? 4. Henry Clay met with Adams and
made a bargain. ? 5. Adams won the presidency
? 6. Jacksons followers accused the two men of
making a corrupt bargain
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D. The Adams Presidency
1. Adamss policies ran against popular opinion.
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2. Adams wanted a. a stronger navy, scientific
expeditions supported by government funds ? b.
direct federal involvementin economic growth.
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II. The Election of 1828
A. By the election of 1828, the party had divided
into two separate parties. ?
1. Democratic-Republicans (Democrats) ? a.
supported Jackson ? b. favored states rights
and mistrusted strong central government ? c.
many were from the frontier, immigrants, or
laborers ? 2. National Republicans ? a.
supported Adams ? b. wanted strong central
government ? c. were merchants and farmers
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II. The Election of 1828 (cont.)
3. During the campaign both parties resorted to
mudslinging, attempts to ruin their opponents
with insults ? 4. Other new elements of
campaigning included slogans, rallies, buttons,
and events were also used to arouse enthusiasm.
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B. Jackson Triumphs
1. In the election of 1828, Jackson received most
of the votes in the frontier states and South ?
2. Jackson won the election in a landslide, an
overwhelming victory. ?
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III. Jackson as President
A. Jackson was everything most Americans admired
patriot, self-made man, and a hero. ?
B. Old Hickory 1. Early life ? a. born in
log cabin ? b. parents died before he was 15
? c. fought with Patriots in American Rev
? 2. People loved Jackson a. represented small
farmers, craft workers, and others who felt left
out of politics ? b. felt he demonstrated an
American success story ? c. popularity changed
politics
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C. New Voters
1. In the early years most states had limited
suffrage, or the right to vote. ?
2. By 1815 many states would begin to loosen the
property requirements for voting. ? 3. In 1840
more than 80 of white males voted ? 4. Women
could not vote and African Americans and Native
Americans had few rights of any kind
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D. The Spoils System

1. Democrats wanted to open up government jobs to
   people of all walks of life. ?
2. They were disturbed that the federal government
   had become a bureaucracy, a system in which
   nonelected officials carry out the laws ?
3. President Jackson fired many federal workers and
   replaced them with his supporters

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The Spoils System
4. The discharged employees said that Jackson was
acting like a tyrant ?
5. Jackson said the new federal employees would
be good for democracy.
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The Spoils System
6. One Jackson supported explained to the
victory belong the spoils which means ? since
Jackson won the election he had the rights to the
spoils. ? 7. The spoils system practice of
replacing government employees with winning
candidates supporters.
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E. Electoral Changes
1. The caucus system was abandoned ?
2. They were replaced by nominating conventions.
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IV. The Tariff Debate
A. Northeast welcomed the tariffs. ?
1. Made European goods more expensive. ? 2.
Americans would now be even more likely to buy
American-made products.
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IV. The Tariff Debate (cont.)

• Southerners hated the tariff and called it the
  Tariff of Abominations. ?
• B. The South Protests
• 1. Calhoun argued that states had the right to
  nullify, or cancel a federal law they considered
  against state interests.
• 2. Some Southern states wanted to secede, or
  break away from the U.S. to form their own
  government.

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C. The Webster-Hayne Debate 1. Daniel Webster (a
senator from Massachusetts) attacked the idea of
nullification and said
Liberty and Union now and forever, one and
inseparable!
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IV. The Tariff Debate (cont.)
D. Jackson takes a stand ? 1. Jackson backed the
tariff. Our federal union must be preserved!
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IV. The Tariff Debate (cont.)
E. The Nullification Crisis. ?
1. To ease the crisis Jackson proposed a
compromise that would gradually lower the tariff
over several years. ? 2. The south would remember
the lesson of the nullification crisis that the
federal government would not allow a state to go
its own way without a fight.
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