1. Enduring understanding and Essential question
EU: Sectional priorities can shape the policies of a national government. EQ: In what ways were nationalism and sectionalism reflected in the politics and issues of the time period? Objective: Assess political events, issues and personalities that contributed to sectionalism and nationalism.

2. II. Growing sectionalism In politics
Objective 2.04

3. A. Corrupt Bargain
ELECTION OF 1824: No one received enough Electoral College Votes to be President.
Who gets to decide then?
Who received the most votes?
Representatives who support Clay (4th place) all vote for John Quincy Adams for president.
Who becomes president if this happens?
Adams makes Clay his Secretary of State after he is elected.
Candidates for President
Electoral Votes
Popular Votes
Andrew Jackson 99
153,544
John Q Adams 84
108,740
William Crawford 41
46,618
Henry Clay 37
47,136

4. A. Corrupt Bargain
All of Jackson’s supporters call it the “CORRUPT BARGAIN”.
Why do they call it that?
In the next election, Jackson uses the “corrupt bargain” as an argument for why he should be elected president. He wins the Election of 1828, and a new era of American politics begins.

5. Jackson’s presidency -- stations
You will use each of the 4 stations to learn more about Andrew Jackson’s beliefs and major events from his presidency.
Answer the three questions at each one.
Station time: 8 minutes.

6. B. Jacksonian democracy
Different kind of President: Andrew Jackson was a military man, and had lived out on the western frontier.
How is this different from others?
Creates the SPOILS SYSTEM: the process of replacing government officials with political allies regardless of their qualifications.
Why does he use the spoils system?

7. C. States rights vs. federal rights
TARIFF OF ABOMINATIONS: an extremely high tariff passed in 1828; Southerners claimed that it was damaging their economy.
SOUTH CAROLINA NULLIFICATION CRISIS: South Carolina’s claim that they have the right to nullify the law leads to Jackson threatening to use the military to force South Carolinians to pay the tariffs.
In the end, Jackson negotiates with Congress and the tariff is lowered.
Impact: Division between the federal government/North and the South is getting bigger.

8. D. National bank issues
Jackson thought that the national bank was dangerous. He blamed the national bank for the Panic of 1819.
PANIC OF 1819: an economic crisis; the Panic 0f 1819 is important because it is the first time that Americans ever experience the economic cycle in which the economy does really well and then takes a downturn.

9. D. National bank issues
Jackson doesn’t agree with McCullough vs. Maryland; he thinks the bank is unconstitutional.
Jackson takes all of the government’s money and deposits in into pet banks.
PET BANKS: selected private banks that get the government’s money.
This move is disastrous for the economy and it leads to another economic crisis.

10. Guided Practice - Political cartoon analysis

11. Independent Practice
Andrew Jackson is perhaps the most polarizing president in American History. His supporters called him “President of the Common Man,” and his enemies called him “King Andrew.”
Write a 8-10 sentence persuasive paragraph that states which one of these terms applies best to Jackson using evidence from our content about Jackson’s role in American History.

12. Exit ticket
1) Of the following, which is an example of the spoils system put in place by Andrew Jackson?
A loyal supporter receives special consideration when it comes to legislation that the president intends to push through Congress.
A loyal supporter is given a position in government as a reward for his support.
A loyal supporter is promised money for his support.
A loyal supporter is forgotten by the president after the election; thus the term “spoils.”

13. Exit ticket
2) One way in which the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (1798) and the South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification/Nullification Crisis (1832) are similar is that each a. claimed that individual states have the right to nullify federal laws b. formed part of the unwritten constitution c. supported the federal government’s power to declare war d. provided a way for new states to enter the Union

14. Exit Ticket
3) Why did Andrew Jackson’s supporters call the Election of a “corrupt bargain”?

15. Exit ticket
4) How did Andrew Jackson’s presidency change the United States? Explain two ways.