President Andrew Jackson and

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President Andrew Jackson and Jacksonian
Democracy
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The Election of 1824

• In 1824 there was heated race for president.
  There were four men hoping to replace James
  Monroe as president. These four men were John
  Quincy Adams (the son of John Adams), William
  Crawford, Henry Clay the great compromiser and
  Andrew Jackson.

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John Quincy Adams

• Jackson won the popular vote but did not receive
  the electoral vote. According to the
  Constitution, if one person wins a majority of
  electoral votes, the House of Representatives
  must choose the president. The House of
  Representatives choose John Quincy Adams to be
  the 6th president.

Hahaha in your face Jackson. The
House of Representative picked me!!!!!
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Jackson is Upset!!

• Jackson felt that Adams had stolen the
  presidency from him. He was so upset he was
  determined to run again in the next election and
  win as president in 1828.

I hate you Adams!!! I am determined to be
President!
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Democratic Republican Party Splits

• For the next four years, the gap in the
  Democratic-Republican Party grew wider and the
  party was about to split in two. Some in the
  party supported Jackson and others supported
  Adams.

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Common Man

• Andrew Jackson claimed that he represented the
  common man. He said that Adams represented
  people who were privileged and wealthy. The
  division eventually created two parties. The
  Democrats came from the supports of Jackson and
  the Republicans supported Adams.

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Im voting Republican for John Quincy Adams
Yeah.. me too
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Dear I know I cant vote but you should vote for
Adams
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President for the Common Man

• During his campaign for president Andrew Jackson
  claimed that he represented the common man.
• He promised to look out for the interests of
  average people, not just the rich and
  well-educated. Jackson was determined to have the
  majority rule, regardless of ones education or
  wealth. This idea of the majority rule has become
  known as Jacksonian Democracy.

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Im voting for Andrew Jackson
Yeah he supports us common men
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Burp Im voting for Andrew Jackson Whooo Go
Common Man
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Ugh yes Sarah I am going to go vote for
Andrew Jackson
Good, he says he supports people like us.
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Andrew Jackson Wins Election!

• Large numbers of Western farmers and workers in
  the nations cities turned out to vote for Andrew
  Jackson. With an overwhelming number of votes,
  Andrew Jackson won the 1828 race for president
  making him the 7th president of the United
  States.

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The Peoples President

• So who was Andrew Jackson? Well, Andrew Jackson
  had a hard life growing up on a frontier farm. At
  the age of 13 he and his brother were taken
  prisoner by the British during the Revolutionary
  War. While being held captive, he apparently
  refused to shine the boots of a British officer.
  The officer then hit Jackson with a sword cutting
  both his hands and face and leaving ugly scars.

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Clean my shoes boy!!!
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Scars on Andrew Jacksons face
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Revenge!!

• After his experience being held prisoner by the
  British when he was 13 he developed a strong
  hatred for anything British. At the age of 35,
  Andrew Jackson was given the chance to fight the
  British during the War of 1812.

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Old Hickory

• Jackson was appointed to be a general in the
  American Army. At the Battle of New Orleans in
  1815, Jackson crushed the British army even
  though his troops were greatly outnumbered. He
  became a national war hero. He earned the
  nickname Old Hickory, after a solider said he
  was as tough as a hickory tree.

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Old Hickory Hero of the Battle of New Orleans
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Jackson Becomes President

• Shortly after Jackson won the election of 1828
  his wife Rachel died of a heart attack. Andrew
  Jackson looked thin, pale and sad during his
  inauguration on March 4, 1829.

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Jacksons Inauguration

• Thousands of people where there to celebrate
  Jackson becoming president. One person wrote,
  all sorts of people, from the highest and most
  polished, down to the most vulgar and gross in
  the nation were there.
• The crowd got so rowdy people broke glasses and
  grabbed for food and drink. The pushing and
  shoving of the crowd forced the new president to
  flee from the White House.

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Spoils System

• When Andrew Jackson became president he fired
  many of the government officials and replaced
  them with his friends and supporters. This
  practice of giving government jobs to his
  political backers became known as the spoils
  system. In my ways Andrew Jackson was spoiling
  his friends by giving them jobs in government.

I spoil my friends by giving them jobs
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Native Americans in the Southeast

• Since the 1600s, white settlers pushed Native
  Americans westward as they took more and more
  land. However, by 1820 there were still about
  100,000 Native Americans living east of the
  Mississippi River.

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Native Americans

• Some whites hoped that these Native Americans
  could adapt to the white peoples way of life.
  Others believed the Native Americans were
  uncivilized and refused to live near them.

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Cherokee Nation

• More than any other Southeastern tribe, the
  Cherokee Indians had adopted white culture. The
  Cherokee had their own Constitution, they spoke
  English, they sent their kids to missionary
  school, and some even owned slaves!!!

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We have done so much to be respected and
accepted by white culture.
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Jacksons Removal Policy

• However, gold was discovered on Cherokee land in
  1828. The discovery of gold made the Cherokee
  land very desirable and whites wanted it!!! In
  1830 Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal act
  that required Native Americans to give up their
  land and relocate west. Andrew Jackson gave them
  one year to leave.

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Sorry lady You have to leaveWe want your land
and Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act
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The Trail of Tears

• In 1838, federal troops rounded up over 16,000
  Cherokee men, women and children and forced them
  into camps. Soldiers then gave the people a hour
  to pack up everything from their homes and get
  ready to leave. Most people ended up with nothing
  more than the clothes on their backs.

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The Trail of Tears

• Over the fall and winter of 1838-1839, these
  Cherokees set out on the long journey west.
  Forced to march in the cold, rain and snow
  without proper clothing or food many grew weak
  and died. It is estimated that ¼ of the 16,000
  Cherokee people who were forced to march west
  died (thats 1 out of every 4). This harsh
  journey of the Cherokee from their homeland to
  Indian Territory in Oklahoma has become known as
  the Trail of Tears.

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Modern state of Oklahoma
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Rising Sectional Differences

• When Andrew Jackson took office the nation was
  divided into 3 main sections. The Northeast,
  South and West. Legislators from these regions
  were arguing over 3 major economic issues the
  sale of land, national improvement such as canals
  and railroads, and tariffs (taxes).

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North Vs. South

• People in the north supported the idea of high
  tariffs (taxes on imported goods) because the
  tariffs meant that people would want to buy the
  cheaper American made goods rather than imported
  products with the higher taxes.
• The South however didnt like the high
  tariffs. The South made their money by growing
  cotton and other crops and selling them to
  foreign countries for credit rather than money.
  The tariffs would make the foreign goods cost
  more.

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Sorry ladies if you want any of this stuff you
are going to have to pay a tariff since all this
was made in Europe.
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The tariff helps us in the North!!! Because of
the tariff, the stuff we make here in the factory
is always cheaper than the stuff made overseas.
Therefore, people want to buy the stuff we make
here in America.
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We in the South hate these tariffs!! We trade our
cotton for stuff with Europe but because of the
tariff we always have to pay more on the stuff we
get from overseas. I want to be able to trade my
cotton for stuff made in Europe without having to
pay a tariff!!
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Tariff of Abomination

• In 1828 Congress passed a bill that greatly
  raised tariffs (taxes) on raw materials and
  manufactured goods. People in the South were
  outraged!!! Southerners felt that the economic
  interests of the Northeast were determining
  national policy and the South was being ignored
  by the national government. They hated the tariff
  and called it the Tariff of Abominations.
• (An abomination
• a hated/horrible thing)

This is an abomination!!
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This is an abomination!
What! We have to pay more on the products we
trade with Europe!
Ahhh!!!! These tariffs only help the Northern
factories!!!!!
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These tariffs are an abomination!!
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Nullification Crisis

• John C. Calhoun, Andrew Jacksons vice-president
  understood the frustration of the Southern
  farmers over the tariffs. Calhoun developed a
  plan called the Doctrine of Nullification. The
  Doctrine of Nullification said that a state had
  the right to nullify (reject) a federal law that
  it considers unconstitutional.

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South Carolina Threatens to Secede

• President Jackson was against the Doctrine of
  Nullification but didnt want the South to remain
  upset. He asked Congress to lower the taxes and
  Congress agreed however South Carolina was still
  not happy.

Congress please lower the tariffs!!
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South Carolina Threats to Secede

• South Carolina threatened that if the tariffs
  werent lowered even more they would secede
  (break away) from the United States and start
  their own country. Jackson was furious and said
  he would hang the first person he got his hands
  on!!!!!!!!!

Ugh. This is so frustrating!!!
We still arent happy!
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Andrew Jackson and the Bank

• In 1832 when Andrew Jackson was elected for
  this 2nd term as president he vowed to destroy
  the Second Bank of the United States run by
  Nicholas Biddle. Jackson believed that the
  Second Bank was evil and only helped the rich,
  not the average man. Jackson vetoed (rejected)
  bill after bill that would renew the banks
  charter. (The charter would that allowed the bank
  to stay open.)

I will destroy you Bank!!
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Jacksons War on the Bank

• Jackson won the war on the bank the economy was
  hurt.

Im going to destroy you evil bank!! With my
power to veto (reject) your charter!
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King Andrew

• Opponents (people who were against) Andrew
  Jackson called him a King Andrew. They said he
  wanted too much power as a president and was more
  like a tyrant.

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Martin Van Buren Becomes President

• When Andrew Jacksons second term as president
  was over Martin Van Buren took over as the 8th
  president of the United States. During Martin Van
  Burens presidency the US was going through a
  deep depression.

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The Rise of Whig Party

• During the election of 1840, a new political
  party called the Whigs was created. They were
  given their name after a British party that
  opposed power of the king. The leader of the
  Whigs thought that the name would fit since he
  disliked Andrew Jackson and often called him
  King Andrew.