Chapter 10 Notes - Bismarck Public Schools
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Chapter Ten
JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY
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WHEN:
In 1828 Andrew Jackson
was elected President
John
C. Calhoun was Vice
President
Resigned
Martin
Van Buren replaced
Calhoun
Democratic Party was born
WHERE:
1st President to
live west of the
Appalachian
Mountains
Tennessee
Popular among men who
lived in the West and
South
WHO:
1st President born in a log
cabin
Common Man’s Hero
Populist – supporter of
the rights and power
of the people
On
Inauguration Day, he opened
the White House to EVERYONE!!
WHAT:
Expanded Suffrage
Brought together a coalition of “common men”
White men with little or no property could vote
Factory workers in the Northeast
Farmers (non-slaveholders) in the South
Pioneer farmers in the West
Restructured Federal Institutions
Spoils System – give government jobs to supporters
Shut down National Bank – remove the wealthy
unelected elite from controlling the economy
Kitchen Cabinet – group of informal advisors (often
met in the White House kitchen)
THE CONTRADICTION
Railed against class supremacy /
believed in white supremacy
Insistent on equality of white men /
took racism for granted
Subjugation of Native American
Indian
Removal Act
Supported Slavery
Jackson
determined to keep slavery issue
out of national affairs (gag-rule)
WHY:
In 1828, everybody came out to vote –
Why?
Common
man distrusted the Eastern elites!
Economics / Politics
Eastern
elites ran the economy and the
federal government
Common man did not want to be shut out!
Secure
economic independence
Thought John Quincy Adams stole the Election
of 1824
HOW:
Jackson portrayed as “a man of the
people”
First to run a modern campaign
Songs
Slogans
Buttons
Parades
Rallies
Barbecues
NULLIFICATION CRISIS
Tariff of Abominations passed in 1828 – a protective tariff
to support the idea of a strong central government
Northern region was getting richer and richer (industry)
South Carolina was poor.
Farmers and high prices don’t mix.
V.P. Calhoun led a dispute against the tariff and said states
could ignore federal laws if they believed those laws violated
the Constitution.
Congress should not favor one state or region over
another.
States should have more power than federal power.
Conflict between the supporters of the tariff and the
opponents and their disputes became known as the
Nullification Crisis.
WHAT WAS THE WHIG PARTY?
Whigs were the “I hate Andrew
Jackson” party
Born in 1832 to oppose “King Jackson”
Most famous Whig was Henry Clay
War
of 1812 War Hawk
1824 “made” John Quincy Adams president
Speaker of the House
Great Compromiser on slavery issues
Never elected President
WHIG PRESIDENTS:
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Whig Party died out in the 1850s… over the
issue of slavery
Everyone that opposed slavery joined the
Republican Party and voted for Abraham Lincoln
Jacksonian Democracy also died over the issue of
slavery