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Jacksonian Democracy Chapter 10, Section 1 http://www.utexas.edu/features/2005/jackson/graphics/jackson4.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/zh/c/c9/Andrew-Jackson.jpg
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Election of 1824 Several Republican candidates ran Three were favorite sons (supported by home states rather than national party) Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, & John Quincy Adams No one candidate received majority of electoral vote House prepared to vote to decide Clay & Adams made an agreement to use Clay’s influence as Speaker of the House to help get Adam’s elected over Jackson John Quincy Adams was elected president http://www.classbrain.com/artbiographies/uploads/john-quincy-adams.jpg
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Election of 1824
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Political Parties 1828 Democratic Republicans Supported Andrew Jackson Favored states’ rights & mistrusted strong central government Many Democrats were frontier people, immigrants, or city workers National Republicans Supported John Quincy Adams Wanted strong central government Supported federal measures, such as road building & a national bank, that would help the economy Many were merchants or farmers
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Two Candidates John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams Vs Andrew Jackson
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Election of 1828 Both parties resorted to mudslinging or attempts to ruin their opponents reputation John C. Calhoun (Adam’s former VP) switched parties & sided with Jackson Jackson won votes of frontier people & Southerners = won in a landslide
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Election of 1828 http://www.multied.com/PageMill_Images/image2.gif http://www.multied.com/PageMill_Images/image5.gif
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Election of 1828: State Results http://www.columbia.edu/itc/history/foner/jacksonian_america/week5-second_party/election_1828.jpg
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What helped Jackson be elected? Jackson became a national hero during the War of 1812 His nickname was “Old Hickory” because he was as tough as a hickory tree Jackson was seen as a “common man” and small farmers, craft workers, & others supported him Suffrage, or the right to vote, had been expanded Property requirements for voting were relaxed or eliminated
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Jackson’s Inauguration http://www.columbia.edu/itc/history/foner/jacksonian_america/week5-second_party/
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Jackson Assassination Attempt Jackson Assassination Attempt
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Spoils System “To the Victor Goes the Spoils” President Jackson replaced many federal workers with his supporters Goal of the Democrats = shake up the federal bureaucracy They thought ordinary citizens could handle any government job Spoils System = practice of replacing government employees with the winning candidate’s supporters
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“To the Victor Goes the Spoils” http://dig.lib.niu.edu/teachers/jackson-spoils.jpg
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Kitchen Cabinet Jackson put unqualified people in his Cabinet & did not meet with them He met with other advisors in the kitchen of the White House. These advisors became known as the Kitchen Cabinet
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A Crisis Over Tariffs Tariff: a fee paid by merchants who imported goods Tariff of Abominations: name Southerners gave to the highest tariff ever It was passed to protect Northern manufacturers from foreign competition (Americans were more likely to buy American-made goods) South had to pay higher prices for European goods
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How did the South Protest the Tariff? V.P. John C. Calhoun argued that a state or a group of states had the right to nullify, or cancel, a federal law it considered against state interests Some Southerners call for Southern states to secede, or break away, from the U.S. Nullification Crisis Nullification: the idea that a state had the right to cancel a federal law it considered unconstitutional Congress (1832) passed a new lower tariff & Pres. Jackson had Congress pass a Force Bill, allowing military action to enforce acts of Congress http://www.columbia.edu/itc/history/foner/jacksonian_america/week5-second_party/calhoun.jpg John C. Calhoun
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Nullification Crisis http://www.c olumbia.edu/ itc/history/fo ner/jacksoni an_america/ week5- second_part y/nullification.jpg
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