1. # ANDREW JACKSON Common man 7 JACKSONIAN Old Hickory DEMOCRACY
Vice Presidents:
John C. Calhoun
Martin Van Buren
Old Hickory
JACKSONIAN
DEMOCRACY

2. ELECTION OF 1828 Turning point in American History
Marked the beginning of political involvement
for ordinary Americans.
Beginning of mudslinging campaigns which are
still used today.
Mudslinging Reached New Heights
His opponents accused him of murder,
gambling, slave trading and treason.

3. JACKSON STARTED CURRENT DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
OLD HICKORY
JACKSON STARTED CURRENT DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

4. POLITICAL PRACTICES UNDER JACKSON
Spoils Systems
– rewarding friends and punishing enemies.
Lobbying
– trying to influence legislators in their
voting to favor some special groups.

5. SPOILS
SYSTEM
Notes: Rewarded supporters
with government jobs
and threw opponents out!
“Civil Servants”- ordinary citizens who can fill government jobs
Rationale for system:
Government remains
responsive to the people.
Assured loyalty to the
president.
Increases Party support.

6. KITCHEN CABINET
The “Kitchen Cabinet” formed to advise Jackson unofficially – result of spoils system.
Jackson is seated in a collapsing chair, with the "Altar of Reform" toppling next to him, and rats scurrying at his feet. The rats are (left to right): Secretary of War John H. Eaton, Secretary of the Navy John Branch, Secretary of State Martin Van Buren, and Treasury Secretary Samuel D. Ingham. Jackson's spectacles are pushed up over his forehead, and his foot is planted firmly on the tail of the Van Buren rat. "Resignations" fill the air behind him, and a pillar marked "Public confidence in the stability of this administration" falls to the left.

7. SECOND NATIONAL BANK Notes:Jackson vetoed the bank charter and
withdrew federal money to “pet banks” –
state banks who supported Jackson
Disliked the bank because he felt bank was organization by wealthy
Easterners in which ordinary citizens had
no control
SECOND NATIONAL BANK

8. In 1828, Congress passed the highest tariff in U. S. history
In 1828, Congress passed the highest tariff in U.S. history. It was so bad that the Southerners called it the Tariff of Abominations (something that is hated).
The fight against this tariff was led by Vice President John C. Calhoun. He said that states had a right to nullify a federal law that they considered unconstitutional.
What does nullify mean?
His reasoning was that since the states made up the national government, they had final authority.
Because he disagreed with President Jackson, Calhoun resigned and became governor of South Carolina.

9. Why did Southerners dislike the tariff, even after it was lowered
Why did Southerners dislike the tariff, even after it was lowered? South Carolina passed the Nullification Act, which declared the tariff illegal.
They also threatened to secede if the government challenged them. What does secede mean?
Finally, the president offered a lower tariff, which Calhoun supported, ending the Nullification Crisis. But even though the crisis was over, tensions between North and South increased for years.

10. FEDERAL LAW vs. STATE'S RIGHTS
Congress had passed Tariff of Abominations and
Tariff of 1832.
Calhoun resigned as Vice President when Jackson
supported federal law over state law.
South Carolina passed Nullification Act declaring
tariffs of 1828 and 1832 unconstitutional and
threatened to secede from the Union. Known as
the “Nullification Crisis”

11. INDIAN REMOVAL ACT Georgia seized Cherokee land
The Cherokee Nation sued and the case went
to the Supreme Court (highest court)
Chief Justice Marshall upheld the right of
the Cherokees to keep their land
Jackson had them kicked off anyway when
Congress passed the Indian Removal Act.

12. TRAIL OF TEARS Removed from home and forced to
move west by General Winfield Scott
and 7000 federal troops.
Cherokees forced to march to present
day Oklahoma - ¼ of the tribe died.