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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 ΒΌ 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.
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