1. President Andrew Jackson “Old Hickory”
Good/Bad????

2. Rise of the Common Man Universal Male Suffrage
Party Nominating Conventions
Popular Election of President
Two-Party System
Rise of Third Parties
More Elected Offices
Popular Campaigning
Spoils System and Rotation of Officeholders
In war, victors seize the spoils or wealth of defeated
New state removed religious property qualifications for voting as well as the east. Remove social class/religion
Nominating conventions replaced caucuses: party politicians and voters
State chooses presidential electors as opposed to state legislators
National scale for campaigning
Anti-Masonic/Workingmen’s Party
Seek to reach the common people: Parades, floats, marching bands, rallies/mudslinging
Loyal Democrat would be appointed positions/rotate good men quickly to serve in office

3. Election of 1824
Democratic-Republican Candidates: John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, William Crawford, and Andrew Jackson
The “Era of Good Feelings” under Monroe has ended…
“Corrupt Bargain”
President John Quincy Adams: Dissatisfaction with “tariff of abominations.”
Mudslinging to win Election of 1828
Henry Clay got Adams enough votes and then Adams selected him to be Secretary of State.
Tariff satisfied northern manufacturers but angered southern planters.

5. Presidency of Andrew Jackson
Presidential Power
Limit fed. Power/national debt
Vetoed 12 bills
Peggy Eaton Affair
Indian Removal Act (1830)
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
Not a foreign nation with right to sue
Worcester v. Georgia
Georgia had no force in Cherokee territory
Trail of Tears
Nullification Crisis and the Force Bill
Bank Veto
Limit federal spending and national debt/vetoed 12 bills/”kitchen cabinet”
Wife of Jackson’s secretary of war
Settle west of Mississippi/Bureau of Indian Affairs assist the resettled tribes
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia: Not a foreign nation with right to sue in court
Worcester v. Georgia: Georgia had no force in Cherokee territory (Pres. Sided with states)
Trail of Tears: U.S. Army forced 15,000 Cherokees to leave Georgia (4,000 died)
Nullification Crisis: South opposed Tariff of 1828/1832: Nullification and disunion were treason (Force Bill)
Lowered Tariff; federal authority caused militants of state rights to back down; Jackson had growing concern of anti-slavery movement in the North
Bank: Viewed as unconstitutional as it serve only the wealthy

6. Indian Removal Act
Viewpoint 1: Indian Should Be Removed to the West (1829, 1830) by Andrew Jackson
Viewpoint 2: Indians Should Be Allowed to Remain in Their Homeland (1830) by Cherokee Nation
For each position complete the following:
Thesis of Argument/Opinion for each perspective
Summary of each Main Point (at least 5)
Stronger Argument and Why?

7. Jackson POV Group A: Share your Thesis and 5 main points with evidence
Each group member must share
Group B: Counter their 5 main points with evidence
Group A: Conclusion/Final Points
Who had the stronger argument and why?
Final Vote

8. Two-Party System
Supporters of Jackson: Democrats (Republican party of Jefferson)
Leading Rival was Clay: Whigs (Federalist party of Hamilton)
Westward Expansion and Industrial Economy
Issues: Westward Expansion and Industrial Economy

9. Jackson’s Second Term Sought to destroy the National Bank
Pet Banks: States banks
Speculation in western lands
Prices for land/goods inflated
Species Circular: Required federal lands be purchased with gold/silver
Panic of 1837
Attacked bank by withdrawing federal funds and transferred funds to state banks
Speculation in western lands, prices for land and goods were inflated.
Jackson required all federal lands to be purchased in gold and silver.
Bank notes lost their value/Panic of 1837

10. End of an Era President Van Buren and the Panic of 1837
Banks closed their doors
Whigs blames laissez-fair economics of Dem.
Whigs Campaign of 1840: “Tippecanoe and Tyler too”
Jacksonian Era comes to an end with the Mexican War and the issue of slavery on the rise
Banks closed their doors/Whigs blamed laissez-fair economics of Democrats

12. Jefferson Background Readings Feared strong central gov.
Believed property requirement for voting was a test of character 
Believed educated elite should rule, but proposed education for all to prepare the poorer individuals for public office
Presidential candidates were chosen by a meeting of party leaders
Chosen class was the yeoman farmers
Feared the consequences of industrialization
Corporate charters were granted to favorites of state legislation and often implied monopoly rights to a business

13. Jefferson
Originally disagreed with loose interpretation of the elastic clause
Owned slaves, saw them as an evil that time would remove
Republican womanhood, didn't see women or American Indians as equal to men
Believed education was necessary to hold office and for preparing citizens for participation in a democracy
Believed education and ambition were keys to success
Agreed with religious reform

14. Jackson Eliminated property requirements for voting
Believed all men were qualified to hold office and that political positions should be rotated, spoils system
Chose presidential candidates through nominating campaigns
Chosen class was yeoman farmers, planters, laborers, and mechanics
Believed industrialization was essential to the progression of American industry
Believed corporate charters should be available to all who chose to risk starting a business

15. Jackson Believed the bank was a monopoly of the rich, hated it
Owned slaves and had little interest in abolishment
Didn't see women or American Indians as equals to men
EXTERMELY negative attitude against American Indians
Believed education was relatively unimportant
Ended bank and control over credit
Believed economic progress came from social mobility
Disagreed with religious reform

16. Jeffersonian v. Jacksonian Democracy
Using your knowledge of both Jefferson and Jackson, determine whether Jefferson or Jackson supported each viewpoint on the key issues by completing the chart.