1. Chapter 13

2. The Corrupt Bargain of 1824
Presidential election of 1824
4 candidates

3. John Quincy Adams Intelligent Experienced Kind of a jerk
Daddy was pres.

4. Henry Clay

5. William Crawford

6. Andrew Jackson
Hero of the War of 1812
Awesome.

7. All 4 Republicans. No one wins majority of the electoral college
Jackson sweeps popular vote (west)
Goes to the House of Representatives (top 3 candidates)

8. Clay eliminated But is the Speaker of the House.
Where the election is happening.

9. Crawford has a stroke.

10. Clay hated Jackson

11. Clay supports Adams

12. Adams wins Okay, that’s fine.
But then, Adams announces his new Secretary of State Henry Clay.

13. Jackson angry to say the least
Jacksonians complain for 4 years about the “corrupt bargain”

14. John Quincy Adams “a chip off the old family glacier”
Enjoyed swimming naked in the Potomac River
Fewer than 1/3rd of voters had chosen him

15. John Q as President
Nationalist when many Americans were becoming increasingly sectional
Attempted to organize westward expansion
Tried to treat Indians fairly (gasp)

16. Election of 1828
“The presidential campaign for Andrew Jackson had started early The day of John Quincy Adams’s controversial election”

17. Republican party splitting
National-Republicans- Adams
Democratic-Republicans- Jackson

19. Jackson as President

20. Spoils System Rewarding political supporters with public offices
People began buying offices
Contributed to the dominance of political parties

21. The “Tariff of Abominations”
North loved tariffs
South hated them

22. In South Carolina…
People began calling for secession

24. Nullification In SC, failed to get 2/3rds vote to nullify law
Congress passed a new tariff in 1832

25. “Nullies v. Unioninsts”
Nullies got the 2/3rds vote in SC state Congress
Tariff declared null and void in SC

26. Jackson’s response
Prepares military
Henry Clay steps in to compromise

27. Compromise Tariff of 1833
Gradually reduce Tariff of 1832 by about 10% over 8 years
Everyone agreed but very angry

28. Force Bill “Bloody Bill”
Authorized the president to use the army and navy to collect federal tariff duties

29. Trail of Tears
125,000 Indians living east of the MS River in 1820s

30. 1790s: Washington Recognized the sovereignty of Indian nations
“civilizing”:
Christianizing
Literacy
Agricultural/vocational instruction

31. “Five Civilized Tribes”
Cherokee
Creeks
Choctwas
Chickaswas
Seminoles

32. Cherokee 1827: Constitution Cherokee written language
Sedentary farmers
Plantations: 1,300 slaves

33. Georgia: 1828 Claimed Indian lands Cherokee appealed to Supreme Court
Supreme Court upheld the rights of the Indians 3 times

34. Jackson says
“John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it”

35. 1830: Indian Removal Act Trail of Tears

37. Black Hawk War
Davis and Lincoln
Seminoles

38. The Bank “War” National Bank: Almost a 4th branch of government
Essentially controls American economy
Private institution

39. Nicholas Biddle
President of Bank
“Tsar Nicholas I”

40. Bank War 1832 Henry Clay tries to make it an election issue
Bill for renewing charter

41. Jackson’s response:
The Bank is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.”

42. Election of 1832

43. 3rd Party
Anti-Masonic
(also anti-Mason)

44. Jackson wins

45. Burying the bank Jackson not content with just vetoing bank
Removes all federal deposits

46. Pet/Wildcat banks Federal money put in small banks
Sometimes a few chairs and a suitcase full of printed money
“Wildcat currency” became very unreliable

47. Panic of 1837
Decree that public lands had to be purchased with “hard specie”