Politics of the People

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Politics of the People

• Andrew Jacksons election to the presidency in
  1828 brought a new era of popular democracy

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Key Vocabulary and Key People

• Key Terms
• Jacksonian Democracy
• Spoils System

• Key People
• John Quincy Adams
• Andrew Jackson

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Fatal Four-way Fight

• John Quincy Adams, William Crawford, Henry Clay,
  and Andrew Jackson all fought for the 1824
  election as Democratic-Republicans
• Jackson won the MOST votes but NOT the Majority
  so it went to the House to decide
• J.Q. Adams won the Election with Clays support
  but accomplished little in his presidency

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Banana Splits

• Jackson and J.Q. Adams continued to split the
  Democratic republican Party creating TWO
  political parties, the Democrats and National
  Republicans
• Jackson appealed to the common man as J.Q. Adams
  was a wealthy politician
• Jackson promised a Jacksonian Democracy where
  majority rule would ensure common people more
  power in government

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Leader of the common pack

• While voting was still limited to white males,
  those that could vote increased to the lower
  classes
• Jackson won the 1828 election in a landslide and
  showed that the elite no longer controlled
  politics

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A Real Mans Man

• Jackson was popular for many reasons
• He was NOT Aristocratic and led a life of
  hardships
• He was a military hero in the Revolutionary war
  who escaped capture
• He Built his own legal practice through hard work
• He was a war hero in the War of 1812

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Crowd Control

• Shortly after the election Jacksons wife Rachel
  died of a Heart attack taking a toll on Jackson
• Jacksons Inauguration brought together people of
  all classes in celebration
• Jackson, the common man, would be a popular
  president from day one

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A Tale of TWO presidents

• Jefferson
• Government for the people by educated leaders
• Political Democracy
• Supported Farmers in an Agricultural Society
• Limited Government

• Jackson
• Government by all people
• Social, Economic, and Political Democracy
• Supported Farmers AND Workers in an Agricultural
  and Industrial society
• Limited Government with Strong President

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I Guess Jackson left the Milk out of the
Refrigerator all night or something

• Jackson used the Spoils System to reward his
  political supporters with jobs in government
• Jackson would face THREE major issues in his
  presidency
• The Status of Native Americans
• States Rights
• The role of the national bank

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