1. Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
Andrew Jackson
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Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

2. Jackson’s Political Career
1815
1824
1828
1832
Battle of New Orleans
Ran for President and lost
Elected President
Reelected President

3. Champion of the “Common Man”?
Essential Question:
Champion of the “Common Man”?
“King” Andrew? OR

4. What were the
Democratic Trends
in the Early 19c?

5. Voting Requirements in the Early 19c

6. Voter Turnout:
Brinkley, 10th Edition

7. Jackson's Early Life

8. Jackson’s First Hermitage Residence

9. 1st Known Painting of Jackson, 1815

10. General Jackson During the Seminole Wars

11. Jackson's First
Presidential Run

12. “The Common Man’s” Presidential Candidate

13. Jackson’s Opponents in 1824 William H. Crawford [GA]
Henry Clay [KY]
John Quincy Adams [MA]
John C. Calhoun [SC]
William H. Crawford [GA]

14. Election 1824 Jackson Adams ~winner~ Crawford Clay Individual votes
152,901
114,023
46,797
47,217
Electoral votes 99 84 41 37

15. 1824 Election Results: The “Corrupt Bargain?”

16. What were the
Key Issues
in 1828?

17. Politics became topics of local conversation
Democracy
Politics became topics of local conversation

18. Rachel Jackson
Final Divorce Decree

19. Andrew Jackson in Mourning for His Wife, Rachel

20. 1828 Election Results

21. The Center of Population Moves West

22. The New “Jackson Coalition”
The Planter Elite in the South
People on the Frontier
State Politicians – spoils system
Immigrants in the cities.

23. Jackson’s Faith in the “Common Man”
His heart & soul was with the “plain folk.”
Intense distrust of Eastern “establishment,” monopolies, & special privilege.
Belief that the common man was capable of uncommon achievements.

24. The Reign of “King Mob”

25. Andrew Jackson as President

26. Peggy Eaton “Affair”

27. The
Nullification
Issue

28. Sen. Daniel Webster [MA]
Webster-Hayne Debate
Sen. Daniel Webster [MA]
Sen. Robert Hayne [SC]

29. 1830 Webster: Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.
Jackson: Our Federal Union—it must be preserved.
Calhoun: The Union, next to our liberty, most dear.

30. The
Tariff
Crisis

31. 1832 Tariff Conflict 1828 --> “Tariff of Abomination”
> new tariff
South Carolina’s reaction?
Jackson’s response?
Clay’s “Compromise” Tariff?

32. Jackson's
Native
American
Policy

33. Indian Removal Jackson’s Goal? 1830 --> Indian Removal Act
Cherokee Nation v. GA (1831) * “domestic dependent nation”
Worcester v. GA (1832)
Jackson: John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it!

34. Cherokee Nation After 1820

36. Indian Removal

37. Obstacle: Cherokee (GA,AL,NC,TN)
“civilized”
Republican form of gov’t/ Constitution
literacy/schools
alphabet
settled agrarian life (some slaveholders)

38. Worcester v. Georgia
John Marshall- Held that the Indian nations were distinct people with the right to retain independent political communities- Georgia did not have the right to invade
Jackson Response: “John Marshall made the decision now let him enforce it.”
“Trail of Tears” (20,000 removed/4,000 die on 116-day journey)

40. Trail of Tears ( )

42. Jackson’s Professed Love For Native Americans

43. Renewing the
Charter of the
2nd National Bank

44. Jackson’s Use of Federal Power
VETO
> Maysville Road project in KY [state of his political rival, Henry Clay]

45. National Bank Debate
President Jackson
Nicholas Biddle

46. “I will kill theBank!(the“Monster”)
AJ and the B.U.S.
Disliked banks
Bad experience with banks
Didn’t understand banking
Bank is divisive (monopoly for the rich)
Bank is unconstitutional
Bank opposed him in 1828 election
“I will kill theBank!(the“Monster”)

47. More B.S. (bank stuff) Nick
Rechartering the B.U.S. in (why early??)
AJ vetoes Recharter bill
not overridden
hero – attacked symbol of privilege
Election of 1832/AJ removed $$$ from B.U.S.
Put money in “pet banks”
Nicholas Biddle called in loans
Businesses failed
Banks closed
Rise of wildcat banks
Specie Circular 1836  panic of 1837
Nick

48. Opposition to the 2nd B.U.S.
“Soft” (paper) $
“Hard” (specie) $
state bankers felt it restrained their banks from issuing bank notes freely.
supported rapid economic growth & speculation.
felt that coin was the only safe currency.
didn’t like any bank that issued bank notes.
suspicious of expansion & speculation

49. The “Monster” Is Destroyed!
“pet banks”?
> Jackson vetoed the extension of the 2nd National Bank of the United States.
> the charter expired.
> the bank had gone bankrupt!

50. The Downfall of Mother Bank

51. “King” Andrew
1832 Political Cartoon

52. 1832 Election Results
Main Issue?

53. The Specie Circular (1836) wildcat banks
buy future federal land only with gold or silver.
Jackson’s goal?

54. Results of the Specie Circular
banknotes loose their value.
land sales plummeted.
credit not available.
businesses began to fail.
unemployment rose.
The Panic of 1837!

55. The Panic of 1837!

56. 1836 Election Results
Martin Van Buren
“Old Kinderhook” [O. K.]

57. Andrew Jackson in Retirement

58. Photo of Andrew Jackson in 1844 (a Year Before His Death)

59. Adapted from Ms. Pojer