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The Peoples President
Chapter 13/ Section 1/ Pages

2. Equal?
“all men are created equal” – in fact, only a small percentage of people held political power:
White
Male
Property owners

4. New voices from the west:
People moving west were looking for things in their leaders that was different then ever before:
Self made leaders
Value of cooperation and hard work
When new western states wrote their constitutions, they gave suffrage (the right to vote) to all white men

5. Limits on the vote:
As more white men got the right to vote, African Americans in the north began to lose it.
Other people in the nation also had no voice:
Women
Native Americans
Enslaved peoples

6. An end to “King Caucus”
People were chosen to vote in a caucus (small private meeting where candidates are chosen)
Many people did not like this and put pressure on the government
In response the began holding nomination conventions (people from each state voted for candidates)

7. The Candidates: John Quincy Adams Henry Clay William Crawford
Andrew Jackson

8. The Corrupt Bargain
No candidate in the election won the majority of the electoral votes
The House of Representatives had to choose the leader
They choose Adams
Jackson Supporters claimed this was Corrupt

10. Split of political parties
Democrat-republican party began to split over the results of the election:
National Republicans:
Eastern business owners
Southern Planters
Former Federalists
Democratic Party
Traces its roots to Jackson

11. Election of 1828:
No longer did people choose among hero's of the revolution: Jackson and Adams began to attack each other
Jackson labeled Adams an Aristocrat
Adams called Jackson a barbarian and a savage

12. President from the West:
Jackson won by a landslide
Jacksons supporters believed he represented the common man
He became a symbol of the growing power of American democracy