Transcript Document 7451821

Essential Question:
Champion of
the
“Common Man”?
OR
“King”
Andrew?
Voting Requirements
in the Early 19c
Voter Turnout: 1820
- 1860
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Why Increased
White male suffrage increased
Democratization?
Party
nominating committees.
Voters chose their state’s slate of Presidential
electors.
Spoils system-making loyalty to the party main
qualification in return for governmental positions
Rise of Third Parties.
Popular campaigning (parades, rallies, floats,
etc.)
Two-party system returned in the 1832
election:
 Dem-Reps  Natl. Reps.(1828)  Whigs
(1832)  Republicans (1854)
 Democrats (1828)
The “Common
Man’s”
Presidential
Candidate
Jackson’s Opponents
in 1824
Henry Clay
[KY]
John Quincy Adams
[MA]
William H. Crawford
[GA]
Results of the 1824
Decision
Election
goes the
House!
A
“Corrupt
Bargain?”
Clay
supported
Adams=
Democrats vs. Whigs
–Using some kind of graphic
organizer, with a partner, show
the differences in party
platforms between the
Democrats and the Wigs
–Hint: pages 371-372 might help
Mud Slinging too can
help you get elected
President!!
Rachel Jackson
Final Divorce Decree
Jackson in Mourning
for His Wife
1828 Election
Results
The New “Jackson
Coalition”
The Planter Elite in the
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South
People on the Frontier
State Politicians – spoils
system
Immigrants in the cities.
Jackson’s Faith
in the “Common Man”
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Intense distrust of Eastern
“establishment,” monopolies, &
special privilege.
His heart & soul was with the
“plain folk.”
Belief that the common man was
capable of uncommon
achievements.
The Reign of “King
Mob”
Andrew Jackson as
President
The Cherokee Nation
After 1820
Civilized Nation???
Sequoyah (also
known as George
Gist or Guest),
inventor of the
Cherokee
syllabary
What other
things made
them
civilized?
Indian Removal
3Jackson’s
Goal?
3Did
Jackson have the Constitutional right to
remove and displace the Native Americans?
3Factor
in the following cases:
3Johnson
v. M’Intosh
3Cherokee
Nation v. Georgia
3Worcester
3Jackson’s
v. Georgia
Quote: John Marshall has
made his decision, now let him enforce it!
Indian Removal Act
of 1830
Trail of Tears (18381839)
Jackson
v.
Calhoun
The “Peggy Eaton
Affair”
State's Rights
vs.
Federal Authority
The Webster-Hayne
Debate
Sen. Daniel
Webster
[MA]
Sen. Robert
Hayne
[SC]
Calhoun’s
disciple
1830
Webster: Liberty and Union, now and
forever, one and inseparable. Illegal,
unconstitutional, treasonous
Jackson:
Our Federal Union—it must be
preserved.
Calhoun:
The Union, next to our liberty,
most dear.
1832 Tariff Conflict
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1828-->Tariff of Abomination
Exposition and Protest
3
1832 --> new tariff
3
South Carolina’s reaction?
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Jackson’s response?
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Clay’s “Compromise” Tariff?
The National Bank
Debate
Nicholas
Biddle
President
Jackson
Jackson’s Use of
Federal Power
VETO
1832
nd
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Opposition to the
B.U.S.
“Soft”
“Hard”
(paper) $
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state bankers felt
it restrained their
banks from issuing
bank notes freely.
supported rapid
economic growth
& speculation.
(specie) $
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felt that coin was
the only safe
currency.
didn’t like any bank
that issued bank
notes.
suspicious of
expansion &
speculation.
The “Monster” Is
3 1836Destroyed!
 the charter expired.
3
1841  the bank went
bankrupt!
The Downfall of
“Mother Bank”
An
1832
Cartoo
n:
“King
1832 Election
Results
Main
Issue?
The Specie
Circular (1836)
3 “wildcat banks.”
3 buy future federal
land only with gold or
silver.
3 Jackson’s goal?
Results of the Specie
$ Banknotes
loose their value.
Circular
$ Land sales plummeted.
$ Credit not available.
$ Businesses began to fail.
$ Unemployment rose.
The Panic of 1837!
The 1836 Election
Results
Martin Van Buren
“Old Kinderhook”
[O. K.]
The Panic of 1837
Spreads Quickly!
Andrew Jackson in
Retirement
Photo of Andrew
Jackson in 1844
(one year before his death)
1767 - 1845