1. Political Trends of the Antebellum Era ( ) The Rise of the “Common Man” & “Jacksonian Democracy”

2. Decline of the Notables
Read the excerpts from the speeches of the first six
U.S. presidents.
In what ways did Washington, Adams,
Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and John
Quincy Adams embody a sort of political
elitism?

3. I. What was new about the “new democracy” in antebellum America?
Universal
White
Manhood
Suffrage

4. “Common Men” begin gaining political power over “notables”Ex: Davy Crockett

5. Economic Advancements Change Politics
Create Class Divisions
Power More Broadly Held
Less rural/urban divide
Regional economics
Independent artisans lost ground to outwork system
Wealthy favored by taxes
Classes easily exited: “self-made man”
Universal Male Suffrage
Egalitarian marriages in the north
Mass production and machine tools helped smaller entrepreneurs
Unions gain rights for workers
Context set up in CH. 9…

6. America are rarely elected to office.”
De Tocqueville
comments of
political trends in
Democracy in
America
“The most able men in
America are rarely elected to office.”
“ Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.”

7. Changing Political Trends
John Quincy Adams
&
Andrew Jackson
Changing Political Trends
Personified by

8. Andrew Jackson John Quincy Adams “Old Hickory” Intellectual &
becomes the
hero of the
“Common Man”
and the new
Democratic Party
War Hero
“Self Made” man
Westerner
Intellectual &
Diplomat was the
symbol of the
nationalist
“establishment” in
the early 19th C.
Harvard Educated
Son of a President
New Englander

9. Election of 1824 & alleged “Corrupt Bargain”
Ends “Era of Good Feeling”

10. Jackson’s “Revolution” of 1828

11. The reign of “King Mob” at Jackson’s Inauguration

12. “New Democracy” in Action as Jackson Increases Political “Patronage”
“Spoils System” or “Rotation of Office” ??

13. Open Party Conventions replace closed Caucuses
Other
“democratic”
Trends
Anti-Masonic Party
Open Party Conventions
replace closed Caucuses
More local political
offices
(ex: sheriff & judges)
elected rather
than appointed

14. II. Jackson & the Native Americans Should a “democratic” leader pursue a policy favored by a majority of constituents if many consider it morally wrong?

16. 5 “Civilized” Tribes
Indian Removal Act
Worcester v. Georgia

18. “Trail of Tears”

19. III. Jackson & the “Tariff of Abominations”
Should a “democratic” leader threaten force to pursue a policy not favorable to one section of the nation?

20. Southern View
of Tariff

21. Nullification Crisis States Rights vs. Nationalism
“Tariff of Abomination”
John C. Calhoun & South Carolina Exposition
Jackson uses military intimidation – Force Act
“Compromise” Tariff of 1833
                              
                              
                              
                              
                              

22. Jackson and the 2nd B.U.S. Should a “democratic” leader ignore Congress and the Supreme Court in order to check the power of business interests & the social elite to please the “common man”?

23. The “Bank War” of 1832 Whether or not to re-charter the 2nd BUS sparks a class & cultural debate between:
Rich vs. Poor
East vs. West
Elite vs. Common Man

24. J B
A I
C D
K vs. D
S L
O E N

26. Jackson as “King Veto” Jackson ignores Supreme Court (again)
and vetoes a 3rd BUS -
puts federal $
into state “pet banks”

27. Martin Van Buren
President (1837 – 1841)
Term marred by
Panic of 1837

28. V. Legacies of the Jacksonian Era

29. “Populism” adopted by both political parties
“Tippecanoe
& Tyler Too”
“Log Cabin
& Hard Cider”
Election of 1840
Increases the
Influence of the
Presidency