1. Chapter 10 THE TRIUMPH OF WHITE MEN’S DEMOCRACY

2. Democratic Culture
Ralph Waldo Emerson stressed the importance of individualism, individual inspiration, self-reliance, dissent, and nonconformity

3. The Election of 1824 and J. Q. Adams’s Administration
A “corrupt bargain” between Clay and Adams
Protective tariffs became key issue
“Tariff of Abominations”

4. The Election of 1824

5. Jackson Comes to Power
Campaign dominated by personal attacks and mudslinging
Jacksonians won by portraying Jackson as authentic man of the people

6. Jackson the War Hero

7. Jackson Square, New Orleans

10. Clay + Jackson

12. Jackson’s Inauguration

14. Indian Removal
Jackson felt that federal government had not removed Indians quickly enough
Some southern states asserted authority over Indians in their borders
Worcester v. Georgia (1832)
"John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!”

15. Indian Removal

16. Trail of Tears (1838)

17. The Nullification Crisis
South opposed tariffs
VP John C. Calhoun spelled out Doctrine of Nullification—right of a state to nullify federal law
About slavery as much as Tariff

18. Debate over Tariffs Webster-Hayne Debate (1830)
Senator Webster (NH) supported a protective tariff for New England states
Opposed nullification as means of maintaining union
“Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.”
Reprints of Webster’s speech circulated more than any other previous speech in history

19. The Nullification Crisis
South Carolina nullified Tariff of 1832
Force Bill authorized Jackson to use military to enforce federal law
S.C. gave in
Nullification foreshadowed state sovereignty positions of the South in slavery debates

20. The Bank Veto
Biddle sought new charter for BUS four years early in 1832
Congress passed, but Jackson vetoed
Jackson destroyed bank by removing federal deposits
Funds transferred to state (“pet”) banks

22. Jackson Destroying the Devil’s Bank

23. Effects of Bank Veto Led to extended credit and speculation
This eventually created a recession
Senate voted to officially censure President Jackson
Only time in history

24. Why is this ironic?

25. The Election of 1832

26. Assassination Attempt

27. The Election of 1836

28. The Second Party System
Whigs and Democrats
Whig Party a coalition of forces, united in opposition Jackson
Whigs supported the American System

29. Election of 1840 Whig candidate William Henry Harrison
Image built of a common man who had been born in a log cabin
“Tippecanoe and Tyler too”

34. Democratic Political Institutions
Expanded suffrage
Most states dropped property requirement
Increased voter participation
Many appointed offices made elective
Most presidential electors chosen by popular vote rather than state legislatures by 1828