Expanding Democracy and the Age of the Common Man 1829-1837 Unit 3 Chapter 10

Election of 1824 Four candidates- none received the majority of electoral votes Andrew Jackson: popular support because of military successes John Quincy Adams: Supported by Northeastern industrialists Corrupt Bargain: Henry Clay helped Adams gain votes; named secretary of state

Age of Jackson (1829-1836) Represented the common man little formal education Distrust of banks Exclusion of Native Americans and African Americans Party machine: Party officials organized voters Spoils system: appointed loyal party members to govt. jobs

Another two party System Democrats Whigs Govt. should not interfere in economy No tariffs or Natl. Bank More power to the states Morality was a private matter Supported American System Strong central govt. Morality regulated through public laws

Nullification Declare a law null and void within a state South Carolina refused to enforce Tariff of 1828 Calhoun supported nullification theory, and sets the stage for later states’ rights issues Force Bill allowed use of the army and navy to collect customs taxes

John C. Calhoun

Indian Removal Demand for land placed pressure on Native American territories Despite assimilation, Indians still faced prejudices Indian Removal Act of 1830 moved remaining tribes from Southeast to land west of the Mississippi Trail of Tears

Supreme court upheld govt. right to take land Johnson v. M’Intosh (1823): Indians did not own land Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831): Indians were not citizens so Supreme court could not enforce rights

Bank War National bank v. state banks Jackson vetoed attempt to charter the U.S. Bank for another 20 years Hard money v. Soft money: Gold and silver over paper currency Panic of 1837 British economic downturn and lack of faith in paper currency

Earlier this year the treasury department announced its plan to replace the image of Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with an image of Harriet Tubman. Use historical evidence to write an argument either supporting or opposing the removal of Andrew Jackson from the $20 Bill.