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Essential Question: Champion of the “Common Man”? “King” Andrew? OR
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An 1832 Cartoon: “King Andrew”? An 1832 Cartoon: “King Andrew”?
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The Battle of New Orleans, 1815
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Jackson’s First Hermitage Residence
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Election of 1824 4 way race for President for D-R –J.Q. Adams, H. Clay, A. Jackson, W. Crawford –All ran as Dem-Rep. Jackson won the popular vote but… –No one had electoral majority J.Q. Adams H. Clay Jackson Crawford
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Election of 1824 House of Reps. deadlocked Clay makes a deal with JQA to throw the votes to JQA if he chooses Clay to become Sec. of State JQA makes the deal and he becomes President Jackson calls the deal a “corrupt bargain”
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Results of the 1824 Election A “Corrupt Bargain?”
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Increased Democratization between 1824-1828 White male suffrage increased No more land requirement to vote Party nominating committees. Voters chose their state’s slate of Presidential electors. Rise of Third Parties. Popular campaigning (parades, rallies, floats, etc.) Two-party system returned in the 1828 election: National Republicans Jacksonian-Democrats (1828)
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Election of 1828 JQA ran for Republicans Jackson ran for Democrats Jackson wins in a huge landslide
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1828 Election Results
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The New “Jackson Coalition” The Planter Elite in the South People on the Frontier State Politicians – spoils system o Jackson gives government jobs to his friends o Dangerous = May not be qualified
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Jackson’s Faith in the “Common Man” Intense distrust of Eastern “establishment,” monopolies, & special privilege. His heart & soul was with the “plain folk.” Belief that the common man was capable of uncommon achievements.
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Indian Removal Jackson’s Goal? o Move Native Americans off land in order for settlement 1830 Indian Removal Act o Native Americans to be moved to Oklahoma Cherokee Nation v. GA (1831) o “domestic dependent nation” o Native Americans were “wards” of the federal government
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Georgia trying to move Cherokee off lands Worcester sues in order for tribe to remain Marshall states that only the federal government can move them not the states Cherokee can remain Samuel Worcester Worcester v. Georgia 1832
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Jackson: John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it!Jackson: John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it! Jackson orders the US army to relocate the Native Americans to Oklahoma = Trail of Tears
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Indian Removal
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South Carolina Nullification Crisis Tariff of 1828 –forced South to buy expensive Northern goods –Called “Tariff of Abominations VP Calhoun said South Carolina can nullify the law –Threatened for South Carolina to secede from the Union Vice-President John C. Calhoun
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South Carolina Nullification Crisis VP Calhoun resigns in 1832 SC nullified tariffs of 1828 and 1832 –Jackson is FURIOUS Jackson passes Force Bill (1833) –Use federal army and navy against SC to enforce laws Henry Clay (“The Great Compromiser”) proposes a bill to lower the tariff in February of 1933 Crisis ends “Ill hang that treasonous Calhoun” - Andrew Jackson
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Jackson vs. Bank of the United States Bank’s charter up for renewal in 1836 Jackson hated the Bank of U.S. –All federal tax revenues deposited in it –Only elite made money off of it –Called it a “MONSTER”
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Jackson vs. Bank of the United States Jackson refused to renew the charter and vetoed an extension in 1832 B.U.S. charter expires and five years later it is bankrupt Federal money put into “pet banks” –State banks
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Jackson Killing the “Monster”
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The Downfall of “Mother Bank”
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The 1836 Election Results Martin Van Buren “Old Kinderhook” [O. K.]
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Panic of 1837 Pet banks would print tons of paper money –Made it worthless Jackson said land purchases had to be made only in gold or silver –Called specie Rush on the banks to trade paper for gold but banks did not have enough +Banks forced to close + Businesses went bankrupt = PANIC OF 1837 Van Buren blamed for crisis Martin Van Buren – 8 TH President (1837-41)
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The Panic of 1837 Spreads Quickly!
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Legacy of Jackson Expanded Executive Office Powers Economic Turmoil Whig Party Forms (1832) –Federalists Pt. 2 1840 Election –Harrison (Whig) defeats Van Buren –Dies in Office –VP John Tyler Takes over “His Accidency”
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Essential Question: Champion of the “Common Man”? “King” Andrew? OR
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An 1832 Cartoon: “King Andrew”? An 1832 Cartoon: “King Andrew”?
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Photo of Andrew Jackson in 1844 (one year before his death) 1767 - 1845
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Resources Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY Chris Balga. Hickory Ridge HS, Harrisburg, NC Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY Chris Balga. Hickory Ridge HS, Harrisburg, NC
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