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15. THE AGE OF JACKSON
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  QUOTE AND ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR THE DAY. WRITE
  THE SONGS
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One man with courage makes a majority..
-Andrew Jackson
Daily Comment Card
1824
1828
CORRUPT BARGAIN
Tariff of Abominations
-Candidates for President (1824) were Henry
Clay, John Q Adams, Andrew Jackson, and
William Crawford. -Jackson won popular vote but
did not win majority of electoral vote,
election goes to House of Representatives -Cla
y (speaker of house) threw his support to
Adams who won -Adams named Clay his Secretary of
State -Jackson calls it a Corrupt Bargain
-Tariff with higher import duties for goods
bought by Southerners -Calhoun protests and
suggests that federal law harmful to state
could be declared void by state -South
Carolina threatens to secede -Jackson threatens
to send in the military
SONG FOR THE DAY INDIAN RESERVATION
(CHEROKEE PEOPLE)
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One man with courage makes a majority..
-Andrew Jackson
Daily Comment Card
1824
CORRUPT BARGAIN
-Candidates for President (1824) were Henry
Clay, John Q Adams, Andrew Jackson, and
William Crawford. -Jackson won popular vote but
did not win majority of electoral vote,
election goes to House of Representatives -Cla
y (speaker of house) threw his support to
Adams who won -Adams named Clay his Secretary of
State -Jackson calls it a Corrupt Bargain
SONG FOR THE DAY INDIAN RESERVATION
(CHEROKEE PEOPLE)
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One man with courage makes a majority..
-Andrew Jackson
Daily Comment Card
1828
Tariff of Abominations
-Tariff with higher import duties for goods
bought by Southerners -Calhoun protests and
suggests that federal law harmful to state
could be declared void by state -South
Carolina threatens to secede -Jackson threatens
to send in the military
SONG FOR THE DAY Common Man
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The Age of Jackson

1. SECTIONALISM
2. ELECTION OF 1824
3. ELECTION OF 1828
4. KING ANDREW I
5. END OF ERA
6. VAN BUREN
7. 1840 ELECTION

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a. sectionalism
3 SECTIONS DEVELOPED NORTH (MANUFACTURING) SOUTH
(SLAVERY, AGRICULTURE) WEST (INTERNAL
IMPROVEMENTS, NATIVES)
MAJOR ISSUES TAXES, BANKING, LAND AND SLAVERY
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b. election of 1824
-new leaders No majority in electoral college,
goes to house of representatives Henry Clay
swings vote to AdamsClay named as Secretary of
State JACKSON CLAIMS CORRUPT BARGAIN!
JOHN CALHOUN (37) ANDREW JACKSON (99) JOHN
CRAWFORD (41) JOHN Q. ADAMS (84) HENRY CLAY (W)
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c. election of 1828
JACKSON BLOODTHIRSTY MILITARY TYRANT GAMBLER,
DRUNKARD, STUPID, VIOLENT, PROSTITUTE MOTHER
ADAMS MACK DADDY PIMP FOR CZAR
CORRUPT CAREER POLITICIAN GAMBLING
DEVICES IN WHITE HOUSE WIFES PARENTS NOT
MARRIED
WORST SAVED FOR RACHEL JACKSON
BIGAMY ADULTERY
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d. King Andrew I
SCOTS-IRISH BORN IN SOUTH CAROLINA/ REP FROM
TENNESSEE MILITARY HERO OLD
HICKORY BORN POOR FIRST WESTERNER SHORT TEMPERED
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1. SPOILS SYSTEM
FIRST TO BE CRITICIZED FOR IT TO THE VICTOR
BELONG THE SPOILS REPLACES THE QUALIFIED WITH
THOSE WHO VOTE WELL
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2. ORDINANCE OF NULLIFICATION
SOUTH CAROLINA REFUSES TO COLLECT
TARIFF OF ABOMINATIONS THREATENS TO
SECEDE JACKSON PREPARES TO SEND IN THE
MILITARY CLAY AND CONGRESS WORK OUT
COMPROMISE JACKSON SUPPORTS STATES RIGHTS UNLESS
THEY THREATEN THE UNION BIG RIFT BETWEEN JACKSON
AND CALHOUN
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3. INDIAN PROBLEM
CHEROKEE NATION V. GEORGIA WORCHESTER V.
GEORGIA MARSHALLS SUPREME COURT HAD FAVORED
NATIVES
JACKSON MOVES CHEROKEE FROM GEORGIA TO OKLAHOMA
(TRAIL OF TEARS) 1200 MILE TRIP WITH DEATHS OF
2000-4000
7/13
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4. DESTROYED NATIONAL BANK
REMOVED NATIONAL FUNDS, PLACED THEM IN PET
BANKS VETOED THE CHARTER WHEN UP FOR
RENEWAL(1832)
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E. END OF ERA
WHIG PARTY FORMED TO OPPOSE JACKSON LED BY CLAY
AND WEBSTER
JACKSONS FINAL SPLIT WITH CALHOUN WAS THE PEGGY
EATON AFFAIR WHEN MRS. CALHOUN REFUSED TO BE
NICE TO SECRETARY OF WAR JOHN EATONS WIFE.
MARTIN VAN BUREN BECAME JACKSONS NEW VICE
PRESIDENT
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F. VAN BUREN
JACKSONS SUCCESSOR INHERITED THE PROBLEMS CAUSED
BY JACKSONS ECONOMIC POLICIES
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G. ELECTION OF 1840
VAN BUREN (DEM) VS. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON (WHIG)
HARRISONS BACKGROUND IS EMPHASIZED IN THE LOG
CABIN AND HARD CIDER CAMPAIGN THEY REFER TO VAN
BUREN AS MARTIN VAN RUIN USE BUTTONS,
HATS TIPPECANOE AND TYLER TOO
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HARRISONS INAUGURATION IS A MISERABLE, COLD,
RAINY DAY HE DOESNT WEAR A COAT GIVES ONE OF
THE LONGEST SPEECHES IN PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY HE
CATCHES PNEUMONIA
2 hours
HE DIES AFTER ONE MONTH IN OFFICE THE SHORTEST
PRESIDENCY THE FIRST TO DIE IN OFFICE
32 days
12/13
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TYLER TAKES OVER, SPLITS WITH THE WHIGS AND VOTES
DEMOCRATIC HIS ENTIRE CABINET RESIGNS IN
PROTEST HE IS THE PRESIDENT WITHOUT A PARTY
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