1. The Age of Jackson

2. The Election of 1824 Four Democratic-Republican candidates:
There were no other parties running
Race was closest between Jackson and Adams
Jackson wins popular vote
Adams wins electoral college…president
Jackson is not happy and will not let this go and even forms his own party…the Democrats!
He will campaign for the next 4 years and use mudslinging to criticize Adams

3. The Corrupt Bargain
Henry Clay was accused of arranging electoral college votes for Adams in return for a cabinet post
Clay was named Secretary of State under Adams
accused of striking a “corrupt bargain” by Andrew Jackson
Also accused Adams of being too aristocratic

4. “Jacksonian Democracy”
Jackson was a supporter of the Common Man
Supported the expansion of suffrage to all white males, not just land owning white males…this will gain him more votes in 1828
Rewarded his faithful voters with gov’t jobs (spoils system)
Will beat Adams in the Election of 1828

5. Indian Removal Act, 1830
Moved Indians into Indian Territory (Oklahoma)
Many natives leave
Most Cherokees stay behind after all they do a have a court order saying they can stay

6. Native American Removal
“Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it!”
South had supported Jackson now they want him to remove the “five civilized tribes”
John Marshall sides with natives in Worcester vs. Georgia, in which Georgia was told to honor Cherokee lands but Jackson ignored the courts decision

7. Trail of Tears
Jackson violated Worcester vs. Georgia by sending the army to force 16,000 Cherokee out of their homes and marched them to Oklahoma
4,000 died

8. Tariff of Abominations, 1828
Tariffs are liked by the North, disliked by the South
Adams Tariff of Abominations was set up to protect American industry
Helped end Adams chances of re-election
Made Jackson look good
Nullification Crisis: Calhoun (VP) put forth the idea of nullification (ignore federal law)
South Carolina threatens to secede and nullified the tariff
Calhoun resigns

9. Jackson Vetoes the 2nd US Bank
He was very suspicious of the bank, saw it as a monopoly that benefited the wealthy elite
He believed it was unconstitutional from the start
Jackson vetoes banks 20 year re-charter

10. The Whig Party Formed by Henry Clay and followers who opposed Jackson
Favored the US Bank, upset with Jackson’s veto
Wanted a larger federal government to manage economy
Favored the American System
Renewed two party politics
Defeated in Election of 1832

11. Martin Van Buren Won election after Jackson retired
Panic of 1837 hit as he entered office
Van Buren did little to ease the Panic as he believed in limited federal government
Helped revive the Whig Party

12. The Election of 1840
Whigs nominated William Henry Harrison (war hero from Tippecanoe) and John Tyler
“Tippecanoe and Tyler Too”
Harrison won
Died a month later (curse?)
Tyler becomes President but he is not a true Whig

13. King Andy?
What is the cartoonist trying to portray with Jackson standing on the Constitution, Internal Improvements and the U.S. Bank?