1. Nationalism & Sectionalism
Topic 10
Nationalism & Sectionalism

2. APUSH PowerPoint #4.2 (Part 3 of 3)
Unit #4 – Overlapping Revolutions
Chapters 7-8
BFW Textbook
TOPIC – Nationalism & Sectionalism [ ]

3. VII. One Party Politics

4. A. The Candidates The Candidates Spark Sectionalism
a. John Quincy Adams (Massachusetts)
b. William Crawford (Georgia)
c. Henry Clay (Kentucky)
d. Andrew Jackson (Tennessee)

5. B. The System for Nomination
The Election Has No Winner
Decided by the House of Representatives

6. C. The Issue of Candidates
a. Only the top three candidates of the race could be voted on by the House of Representatives (Jackson, Adams, and Crawford).
b. Crawford dropped out due to health reasons.

7. D. Outcome of the Race The Race is Decided
a. Henry Clay backed John Quincy Adams because of personal feelings toward Andrew Jackson.
b. Jackson won majority of electoral vote and claimed he should have been chosen.

8. E. Charges of a Corrupt Bargain
The “Corrupt Bargain”
a. Speaker of the House Henry Clay became the Secretary of State under Adams.
b. Jacksonian supporters Claim a “Corrupt Bargain.”

9. VIII. Presidency of John Quincy Adams

10. President John Quincy Adams
6th President
1825—1829
Party: National-Republican
Home State:
Massachusetts
Vice President:
John C. Calhoun

11. President John Quincy Adams
Domestic
Election of 1824 decided by the House of Representatives
Accused of a “Corrupt Bargain” by Jacksonians
Nicknamed “Old man Eloquent”
Foreign
Political Revolutions in Mexico and South America occurred during presidency.

12. A. Adam’s Character & Plans
No to Patronage
Nationalist (More Hamiltonian than Hamilton)
Domestic Proposals
- National University
- Scientific Explorations
- Funding Internal Improvements

13. B. Adam’s Mistakes
Tariff of 1828

14. Presidential Election of 1828

15. A. Opposition to Jackson
Presidential Election of 1828-
a. The race was heated as both Jacksonians and supporters of Adams traded negative ads in newspapers.
b. The challenger, Jackson carried the South and the West, while the incumbent Adams carried New England.
c. Jackson easily won the presidency.

16. B. Jackson’s Appeal
Appeal to the Commoner

17. C. Extension of Suffrage
Male Suffrage

18. D. Domestic Needs

19. E. Outcome of the Election of 1828

20. Making Connections – Topic 10
Thomas Jefferson referred to the Missouri Compromise as a “firebell in the night.” He was right. The controversy over the expansion of slavery, introduced here, will reappear.

21. Making Connections – Topic 10
John Quincy Adams’s National Republicans, who could trace some of their ideology to the Federalists, will be at the core of the Whig coalition that opposed Jackson in Topic 11.

22. Making Connections – Topic 10
Several of the issues on which the nation united during the “Era of Good Feelings” – the bank and the protective tariff– will become much more divisive, as discussed in the next chapter.