1. The Election of 1824: Candidate Popular Vote Electoral Vote
Andrew Jackson
Republican
152,933 99
J.Q. Adams
115,696 84
William Crawford
46,979 41
Henry Clay
47,136 37
TOTAL
362,744
261
1. Based on the information above, who won the Presidential election of 1824?
2. How do you know this person won?
3. The actual result was
4. When a situation like this happens, the __________________________ decides the winner.
5. The ___________________________ voted for __________________________ to become
the President.
HOW COULD THAT BE?
6. Corrupt means -
7. Bargain means –
8. Describe how the Election of 1824 was a “CORRUPT BARGAIN.”

2. The Election of 1824: The “Corrupt Bargain”
Candidate
Popular Vote
Electoral Vote
Andrew Jackson
Republican
152,933
42% 99
38%
J.Q. Adams
115,696
32% 84
William Crawford
46,979
13% 41
16%
Henry Clay
47,136 37
14%
TOTAL
362,744
100%
261

3. The Election of 1824: The “Corrupt Bargain”
Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
Devise an argument on behalf of John Quincy Adams to explain that this was not a corrupt bargain as Jackson accuses. You will need to combine these pieces of information to construct your response - Henry Clay, the map on Am. Nat. pg. 359, the Sectionalism Chart and American System in your defense.

4. The Election of 1824: The “Corrupt Bargain”
Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

5. The Election of 1824: The “Corrupt Bargain”
Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
American System
- Support for a high tariff to protect American industries and generate revenue for the federal government
- Maintenance of high public land prices to generate federal revenue
- Preservation of the Bank of the United States to stabilize the currency and rein in risky state and local banks
- Development of a system of internal improvements (such as roads and canals) which would knit the nation together and be financed by the tariff and land sales revenues.

6. The Election of 1824: The “Corrupt Bargain”
American System
- Support for a high tariff to protect American industries and generate revenue for the federal government
- Maintenance of high public land prices to generate federal revenue
- Preservation of the Bank of the United States to stabilize the currency and rein in risky state and local banks
- Development of a system of internal improvements (such as roads and canals) which would knit the nation together and be financed by the tariff and land sales revenues.

7. REPUBLICANS NORTH SOUTH NATIONAL REPUBLICANS DEMOCRATS WHIGS
J.Q. ADAMS
JACKSON
NATIONAL REPUBLICANS
DEMOCRATS
WHIGS
REPUBLICANS – LINCOLN IN 1860