1. Mr. Meza 8 th Grade U.S. History Chapter 14: Andrew Jackson and the Growth of American Democracy

2. Andrew Jackson Served the American Revolution and the War of 1812

3. Election of 1824

4. Electoral Votes: 261 Electoral Votes needed to secure victory: 131 12 th amendment in effect: House of Representatives elects president Andrew Jackson wins popular vote but not enough electoral votes to win election

5. Consequence

6. 12 th amendment -the person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote

8. Election of

9. 1. What is Jacksonian Democracy? The idea that the common people should control the government

10. 2. What happened between the elections of 1824 and 1828? Jackson’s supporters came together and created the Democratic Party

11. 3. What happened in the inauguration of Andrew Jackson? The celebration turned into a near riot Violence broke out

12. 4. The election of 1828 shifted power to what group of people? Farmers, shopkeepers, and small business owners who supported President Jackson

13. 5. What are civil servants? An employee of the government

14. 6. What was the spoils system? The practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs

15. 7. What action under Jackson’s administration threatened to break up the country? In 1828 Congress passed a law to increase tariffs or taxes on imported goods

16. 8. How was the law on taxes viewed in the north and the south? The north, which was based on factories and manufacturing, favored the new law The south, because it depended on agriculture and trade, opposed the law

17. 9.What was the effect of the law? Jackson lowered taxes in 1832 but not enough South Carolina threatened to secede – withdraw from the union The Force Bill: use the Federal Army to collect taxes

18. 10. Why did Jackson fight the Bank of the United States? He thought that the bank benefited rich eastern depositors at the expense of the farmers and workers

19. 11. What presidential power did Jackson use against the bank? He vetoed the recharter bill, or contract

20. 12. What was Jackson’s Indian policy? To move Indians west of the Mississippi River to make room for whites.

21. 13. What was the Trail of Tears? The removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Indian territory in 1838 and 1839 Four thousand Indians died during the walk