JACKSON RUINS ADAMS OBJECTIVE: I CAN EXAMINE EXAMPLES TO EXPLAIN HOW JACKSON WAS A POLARIZING FIGURE IN AMERICAN POLITICS. PREVIEW: ANSWER: WHAT ACTIONS MADE BY OUR GOVERNMENT WOULD YOU CONSIDER TO BE CORRUPT? PROCESS: QUICK NOTES ON YOUR OWN: FINISH ANY UNFINISHED WORK FROM YESTERDAY & ANDREW JACKSON POLITICAL CARTOON.
A SON FOLLOWS IN HIS FATHERS FOOTSTEPS ELECTION OF 1824: JOHN QUINCY ADAMS V. ANDREW JACKSON WILLIAM CRAWFORD V. HENRY CLAY V. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS V. ANDREW JACKSON WITH THE FEDERALISTS NEARLY A DEAD PARTY, THE DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICANS BEGAN TO STRUGGLE FOR POWER WITHIN THE PARTY. JACKSON WAS A SENATOR IN TENNESSEE. NO ONE RECEIVED THE MAJORITY! WHO DECIDES THEN?
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS: 6 TH PRESIDENT! SERVED 1 TERM AS PRESIDENT, WHEN JOHN ADAMS, HIS FATHER, DIED, JOHN QUINCY WAS IN THE 2 ND MONTH OF HIS SINGLE TERM. WAS ALL ABOUT THE ARTS, SCIENCES, EDUCATION— WANTED TO CREATE A NATIONAL UNIVERSITY AND BUILD AN OBSERVATORY. LOWERED THE VOTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CITIZENS. HAD BEEN A BETTER SECRETARY OF STATE UNDER MONROE THAN A PRESIDENT. ALWAYS FOUGHT FOR WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS RIGHT.
JACKSON CREATES A NEW PARTY ANDREW JACKSON’S MAIN POLITICAL GOAL WAS TO RUIN ADAMS, AND HE DID, AT LEAST AS PRESIDENT. FORMED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WITH JOHN C. CALHOUN. APPEALED TO THE COMMON MAN—THANKS TO ADAMS LOWERING VOTING REQUIREMENTS. PORTRAYED HIMSELF AS A HUMBLE MAN WON THE ELECTION OF 1828 BY A LANDSLIDE. 7 TH PRESIDENT! NICKNAME: “OLD HICKORY”
THE SPOILS SYSTEM TERM USED BY JACKSON’S OPPONENTS TO DESCRIBE JACKSON’S POLICY OF REMOVING POLITICAL OPPONENTS FROM FEDERAL OFFICES AND REPLACING THEM WITH PARTY LOYALISTS. “ROTATION IN OFFICE”: MAXIMUM TERM LIMITS FOR FEDERAL OFFICIALS WOULD BE 4 YEARS TO PREVENT CORRUPTION AND INEFFICIENCY. TO KEEP IT SIMPLE: HE GAVE OFFICES TO PEOPLE AS REWARDS FOR POLITICAL SERVICES. ENDS UP CAUSING A LOT OF FRAUD AND MONEY LOSS. “TO THE VICTOR BELONGS THE SPOILS” POLITICS IS WAR.
THE KITCHEN CABINET REFERS TO JACKSON GIVING ALL OF HIS FRIENDS JOBS IN HIS CABINET. CALLED THE “KITCHEN CABINET” BECAUSE THE RUMOR WAS THEY WOULD SNEAK IN THROUGH THE KITCHEN OF THE WHITE HOUSE.