Good Morning

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Good Morning!!!

• Get a book
• Turn in your homework Ch. 13 Review
• You need paper and pen(cil)
• Follow along in your book as you take notes
• For homework have all of Ch. 13 read by
  tomorrow and bring YOUR book to class.

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CHAPTER 13

• The Rise of a Mass Democracy
• 1824-1840

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The Corrupt Bargain of 1824

• Election of 1824
• Candidates
• Andrew Jackson of Tennessee
• Henry Clay of Kentucky
• William H. Crawford of Georgia
• John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts
• All four rivals professed to be Republicans

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• Jackson polled the most popular votes but did not
  have a majority of the electoral votes
• 12th Amendment states the House of
  Representatives must choose among first three
  finishers
• Clay finished 4th but was Speaker of the House
  and in charge of selection
• Henry Clay sides with John Q. Adams
• He hated Jackson because he was his archrival
• Like Clay, Adams was a nationalists and supported
  Clays American System

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• House of Representatives elected Adams president
  in 1825
• Largely due to Clays behind-the-scenes influence
• Adams announced Clay as Secretary of State a few
  days later
• Jacksons supporters called the affair the
  corrupt bargain

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A Yankee Misfit in the White House

• President John Quincy Adams
• 6th President 1825-1829
• Ranks as one of the great secretaries of state
  but one of the least successful presidents
• Hated the spoils system
• Party members upset that Adams did not reward
  them with federal jobs in return for their
  loyalty and support
• Sectionalism increased while the Republican party
  split between hatred of Adams and Clay by
  Jacksonians

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The Tricky Tariff of Abominations

• 1828 Biggest issue of Adams Presidency
• Congress had increased the general tariff in 1824
  from 23 on dutiable goods to 37
• Jacksonites rigged up a plan for unseating Adams
  by creating tariff bill to make duties as high as
  45 - westerns would blame Adams them vote for
  Jackson in 1828
• Bill passed Daniel Webster argues for ir while
  John C. Calhoun argued against it, said tariff
  would hurt the South

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• Southern reaction strongly negative they would
  suffer as consumers and exporters
• John C. Calhouns The Southern Carolina
  Exposition (and Protest)
• Written secretly since Calhoun was Adams VP
• Denounced the tariff as unjust and
  unconstitutional
• Suggested states should nullify the tariff (like
  Jefferson/Madison resolutions of 1798)
• No other state joined S.C. in this protest

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Going Whole Hog for Jackson in 1828

• Intense mudslinging between the two factions on
  the Republican Party
• National Republicans supported John Q. Adams
• Democratic Republicans supported Andrew Jackson
• Jackson defeated Adams 178 electoral votes to 83
  (Jackson won popular vote too)

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• Jackson first president from the West seen as a
  great common man
• Owned a large plantation and slaves
• Had much support from the common people but had
  considerable support from machine politicians,
  esp. in N.Y. and P.A.
• Jackson was the hero of the working masses
  Peoples champion
• Increased manhood of suffrage number of
  people voting. Shifting from majority east to
  west due to expansion

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Andrew Jackson

• 7th president 1829-1837
• Nicknamed Old Hickory
• Suffered from malaria, tuberculosis, lead
  poisoning from 2 bullets still in his body from
  duels
• A fighter, quick-tempered, passionate
• Fame as military Commander
• Ignored Supreme Court on several occasions
• Vetoed a bill 12 times many compared to only 9
  times the past 6 presidents used the power to
  veto a bill.
• Known as King Andrew I by his enemies
• Wife died one month after he was elected but
  before his term began.

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Copy the following statements and place them in
the correct order as they occurred. Write the
year beside each statement.

• South Carolina threatens nullification of
  federal law and backs down in the face of Andrew
  Jacksons military threat.
• A strange four-way election puts an icy New
  Englander in office amid charges of a corrupt
  bargain.
• A campaign based on hoopla and log cabins and
  hard cider slogans demonstrates that both Whigs
  and Democrats can effectively play the new
  mass-party political game.
• A northern Mexican province successfully revolts
  and seeks admission to the United States.
• Despite attempting to follow white patterns of
  civilizing thousands of American Indians are
  forcibly removed from their homes and driven
  across the Mississippi River.

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• Turn that assignment in if completed finish for
  homework if not
• Read SILENTLY for the rest of the period when you
  finish your assignment.
• ? - Mrs. Phillips