Transcript Bell Work
BELL WORK
Make sure your work from Friday is turned in.
JACKSON AND MASS DEMOCRACY
RISE OF MASS DEMOCRACY
Property qualifications removed
Citizenship was given to all white men/men who paid taxes.
Many states offered more positions for election rather than
appointment.
Corruption in politics was blatant, and many people expected to receive
benefits in return for money.
THE SPOILS SYSTEM
Also called patronage
Offering benefits to friends/investors in return for support.
Positions in gov’t
Contracts/land grants
THE ELECTION OF 1824: FIVE CANDIDATES
John Quincy Adams
Henry Clay
John C. Calhoun
William H. Crawford
Andrew Jackson
ELECTION OF 1824
No one won the necessary amount of votes.
It went to House of Representatives
John Quincy Adams wins
THE ELITE VS. THE SELF MADE MAN
John Quincy Adams was very prim and proper.
Only a third of voters voted for him!
The new mass democracy was insulted by his “elitist” manner.
This shows the growing power of the “common man”
THE ELECTION OF 1828
“Democrats” – new political party supporting Jackson
Hostility to corporations, tariffs, banks, and the American System.
New Englanders feared “mobocracy”
Jackson took the election.
First President from the trans-Appalachian region.
JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY
The Tariff and Nullification Crisis
The Bank War
The Trail of Tears
JACKSON’S IMPACT
The Whigs
Specie Circular
Impact of the Bank War
Marti Van Buren
TEXAS GAINS INDEPENDENCE
Texas breaks away
“Remember the Alamo!”
WRAP UP
Exit Slip