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Title: 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
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