Nationalism John Q. Adams 1824-1828

Nationalism Democracy First became a popular term to describe American system of government Popular Sovereignty Society was less inclined toward aristocracy

Nationalism Literature Theater, melodrama Portrayed lives of “common” Americans Rise in literacy George Lippard, Quaker City Mrs. E.D.E.N. Southworth, Hidden Hand Theater, melodrama

Nationalism Art, George Caleb Bingham, William Sydney Mount “Paint pictures that will take with public, never paint for the few but the many” Hudson River School Landscape painters Primarily depicts the Hudson River Valley

Mount, Caught Napping

Mount, Bargaining for a Horse

Bingham, Jolly Flatboat Men

Durand, Catskills Hudson River School

Church, Niagara Falls

Nationalism Architecture was in the Greek style “Brahmin Poets” New England Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Oliver Wendell Holmes Ralph Waldo Emerson Novelists Nathaniel Hawthorne Herman Melville

Greek Revival

Nationalism Universal white male suffrage Economy Politicians began building statewide political organizations, Martin Van Buren Economy How to handle the booms and busts of the market system? Emergence of the first labor unions

Clay, Calhoun, Adams, Jackson

Nationalism Election of 1824 Initially a crowded race Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Adams, Crawford No candidate won the necessary electoral votes Adams won the election Clay, Speaker of the House, nominated to become Sec. of State “Jacksonians” called this a corrupt bargain

Nationalism Adams had a challenging presidency Nationalist policies were blamed for the Panic of 1819 Adams continued to call for increased federal activity Adams supporters lost midterm elections Jacksonians constantly and openly criticized the administration

Nationalism Tariff of 1828 Pressure for greater protection Really only unpopular in the South Tariff of Abominations