Ch. 11, Section 1

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Ch. 11, Section 1

• Main idea The United Statess political system
  changed under Andrew Jackson.

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The Impact Today

• In the years since the Jackson era
• Women, African Americans, and other minorities
  have won the right to vote and to participate in
  the political process.
• Today every United States citizen aged 18 or
  older, regardless of gender, race, or wealth, has
  the right to vote.

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1. Election of 18244 candidates

• William Crawford- represented the South
  (Georgia)
• Andrew Jackson- represented the West ( Tennessee)
• Henry Clay- represented the West ( Kentucky)
• John Quincy Adams- represented Northeast
  (Massachusetts)

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2. What is a favorite son candidate?

• A person who received the backing or support from
  their home state.

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3. Who won the popular vote in 1824? Why did he
not become president?

• Andrew Jackson
• He did not receive a majority (more than half) of
  the electoral votes

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4. Why did Henry Clay support John Quincy Adams?

• Clay wanted to be the Secretary of State.

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5. Who became president in 1824?

• John Quincy Adams
• People accused Clay and Adams of making a
  corrupt bargain and stealing the election.

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Election of 1828

• 6. Democratic Republican candidate
• Andrew Jackson
• National Republican candidate
• John Quincy Adams

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7. During the campaign, both parties resorted to
MUDSLINGING- attempting to RUIN THEIR OPPONENTS
REPUTATION.
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8. Who switched parties to run with Jackson as
his vice-president?

• John C. Calhoun
• Calhoun supported states rights!

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9. Jackson won the election by a LANDSLIDE- an
overwhelming majority.
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10. Why did most Americans admire Andrew Jackson?

• He was just like themordinary man.

Born in a log cabin.
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11. What was President Jacksons nickname?

• Old Hickory
• He was tough as a hickory stick.
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12. President Jackson promised equal protection
and equal benefits for all Americans at least
white men.
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13. By 1828, 22 of the states changed their
constitutions to allow the people, rather than
the state legislatures, to choose presidential
electors.
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14. The Democrats were disturbed that the federal
government had become a bureaucracy, a system in
which nonelected officials carry out the laws.
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15. What is the spoils system?

• Rewarding political supporters with government
  office

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16. Caucuses were replaced by nominating
conventions in which delegates from the state
selected the partys presidential candidate.
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17. When and where did the Democrats hold their
first national party convention?

• Baltimore, Maryland
• 1832
• 1832 was the first election in which the
  candidates were nominated by national nominating
  conventions. Democrats met in Baltimore and
  overwhelmingly nominated Andrew Jackson. Henry
  Clay was nominated by the National Republicans at
  their convention in Baltimore.

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18. What is a tariff?

• Fee paid by merchants on imported goods.

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19. In 1828, Congress passed a very high tariff
on manufactured goods from Europe. The Northeast
welcomed the tariff because Americans were more
likely to buy American made goods.
Buy American!!!!
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20. What did Southerners call the tariff?

• Tariff of Abominations
• Why? Because it forced consumers to buy American
  made goods.

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21. Some Southerners called for the Southern
states to secede break away from the United
States.
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22. What was the Webster- Hayne debate over?Do
the states have the right to break away from the
Union?
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23. President Jackson supported the preservation
of the Union.Our federal unionit must be
preserved. Vice President Calhoun still
supported states rights.The Union, next to our
liberty most dear.
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24. What was the Nullification Act?

• South Carolinas state legislature declared that
  it would not pay the illegal tariffs of 1828
  and 1832.

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Compromise

• Henry Clay proposed a compromise
• bill that would gradually lower the tariff.

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The Force Bill allowed President Jackson to use
the U.S. military to enforce acts of
Congress.lesson learned- the federal
government would not allow a state to go its own
way without a fight.
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Checking for Understanding
__ 1. to leave or withdraw __ 2. attempt to ruin
an opponents reputation with insults __
3. candidate that receives the backing of his
home state rather than of the national party __
4. an overwhelming victory __ 5. largest single
share
A. favorite son B. plurality C. mudslinging D. lan
dslide E. secede
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Checking for Understanding
Reviewing Facts Why did the House of
Representatives select the president in the 1824
presidential election?
No candidate received a majority of electoral
votes.
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Reviewing Themes

• Continuity and Change What election practices
  used in the 1828 presidential campaign are still
  used today?

Mudslinging, election slogans, rallies, buttons,
and staged events to arouse voter enthusiasm are
still used today.
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Critical Thinking

• Drawing Conclusions What was the main reason
  President Adams was not popular with the
  Democratic-Republicans?
• He tried to make the federal government too
  powerful.

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