1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hunters_of_Kentucky.ogg

2. Rachel Jackson Final Divorce Decree A Key Issue in Election of 1828

3. Rachel Jackson Final Divorce Decree Key Issue in Election of 1828

4. Jackson in Mourning for His Wife

5. Revolution of 1828?

6. "Old Hickory" as President Jackson was the 1 st president from the West 2 nd without a college education Last Am Rev veteran POTUS Orphaned by 14

7. The Spoils System System of rewarding political supporters with jobs in the government  "spoils system“ Democrats used “rotation system” –Replaced most of the people in offices with their own people: the common man These people were often incompetent “Kitchen Cabinet” “Rotation System”

8. Jackson Deconstructs the American System Jackson rejected national support for transportation projects –Economics –Constitutional Used the presidential power to veto to strike down infrastructure bills –Ex. Maysville Road

9. The South Carolina Exposition The South Carolina Exposition, made by John C. Calhoun, was published in 1828 –It was an anonymous pamphlet that denounced the Tariff of 1828 as unjust and unconstitutional –States’ rights doctrine: 1.Federal gov’t was created by a compact among the states to serve as their agent 2.State conventions have the power to declare laws of Congress unconstitutional 3.Laws so declared unconstitutional are null and void * As a last resort, a state could terminate its compact with the other states and secede from the Union

10. Webster-Hayne Debate (1830) US Senate –Robert Hayne (SC) spoke of nullification and states’ rights Webster responded in a two-day speech –“Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!” Jefferson Day toasts: –“electrified the nation”  Thomas Hart Benton –Hayne: “The Union of the States, and the Sovereignty of the States.” –Jackson: “Our Federal Union! It must be preserved!” –Calhoun: “The Union, next to our liberty, most dear.”

11. "Nullies" in the South Tariff of 1832 –Slightly lower tariff compared to the Tariff of 1828 –It fell short of the South's (SC) demands SC passed the Ordinance of Nullification –The Tariff of 1828 and 1832 were unenforceable in SC –Threatened secession if attempts were made to collect Jackson responded that nullification is “incompatible with the existence of the Union” –Asked Congress to pass a Force Bill, empowering him to enforce the nation’s law in South Carolina by using army and navy Henry Clay introduced the Tariff of 1833. –Called for the gradual reduction of the Tariff of 1832 The compromise Tariff of 1833 ended the dispute over the Tariff of 1832 between SC and the White House *Calhoun resigned in 1832 as VP and was elected to the House

12. The “Petticoat Affair” John Eaton Margaret Eaton Floride Calhoun Martin Van Buren Emily Donelson