AGE OF JACKSON

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AGE OF JACKSON

• OBJECTIVES
• IDENTIFY the events and factors that contributed
  to Andrew Jacksons rise to power.
• DESCRIBE Andrew Jacksons political beliefs.

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Era of Good Feelings Really?

• Election of 1816 Republicans crush Federalists,
  183 to 34 (see election.org)
• James Monroe is 5th President of the United
  States
• Monroe is the ambassador of Nationalism
• Monroes administration was called the Era of
  Good Feelings
• WHY?
• ANSWER With no Federalists, the US seemed united

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Data Visualizations

• http//www.census.gov/dataviz/visualizations/050/

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Data Visualizations

• http//www.census.gov/dataviz/visualizations/001/

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THE CORRUPT BARGAIN

• THE FACTS OF THE CASE
• Election of 1824
• Andrew Jackson wins popular vote
• Jackson John Quincy Adams tie for electoral vote
• Henry Clay, Speaker of the House, to decide the
  tie
• Clay meets with Adams privately
• Clay gives Adams the Presidency
• Adams makes Clay Secretary of State

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The Administration of John Quincy Adams

• 1stminority president did not get 50 of vote
• Refused to use political favors
• Urged nationalistic endeavors on Congress
• Increasingly out of step with growing
  sectionalism
• Viewed positively by history, not so much so in
  his day, however.

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Jackson wins in 1828

• Democratic-Republicans (Jackson) divorces from
• Nationalistic-Republicans (Adams)
• Shall the people rule?- expansion of suffrage
• Jackson runs as a reform candidate
• Mudslinging, personal attacks on J.Q. Adams
• Jackson wins 178 to 83, wins West and South

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Jacksonian Democracy

• Individualism, Opportunism, Versatility, Populism
• Orphaned Uneducated
• Became Judge and Congressman for Tennessee
• Old Hickory to his troops
• 1st President from West, 2nd w/o College Degree
• Shift of power, East to West, Elite to Common Man
• Suspicious of Clays American System
• Frequently uses veto power, King Andrew

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Spoils System

• Large s of Jackson supporters rewarded with
  federal jobs, rotation in office
• Removes 10 of officeholders
• Party membership vs. Merit Service
• Increased corruption Kitchen Cabinet,
• Increased power of party machines