1. Election of 1828: Andrew Jackson
defeats John Quincy Adams. Tariff of
1828 destroyed Adams, negative
campaigning occurred for first time.
War Hero
Nicknames… Old Hickory
Common Man
Born in a Log Cabin
Education?
Rags to Riches
Campaign/Hard Cider
Slogans & Songs
Know the People
Stump Speeches
Martin
VanBuren
From Kinderhook, NY… originally
from the “Clintonian” DemocraticRepublicans. He becomes Jackson’s
Secretary of State. Can be considered
the “brains” behind the creation of
the Democratic Party.
Jackson
John
Quincy
Adams
Popular
Vote
(%)
Electoral
Vote
States
Carried
Candidate
Party
Home
State
Andrew
Jackson
Dem
TN
642,553
(56%)
178
15
John
Quincy
Adams
Nat’l
Rep.
MA
500,897
(43.6%)
83
9
A tariff is a tax on
foreign made goods
imported into a
nation.
The Tariff of 1824 included high duties on imported agricultural goods such as hemp, wheat
and liquor to protect western farmers; imported textiles to protect New England interests; and
iron to protect mining and forging industries of Pennsylvania. South Carolina had been
particularly hard hit by the depression of 1819. The tariffs increased the prices of their
imported goods by as much as 50 percent. South Carolina asserted that the tariffs were unfair
as a tax on Southern agriculture for the benefit of Northern industry.
The Tariff of
1824 was the
nations second
after that in
1816; each
slowly raised the
tax on imports.
Jackson’s Vice President
& outspoken opponent
against the Tariff of
1828; from the State of
S.C. (hit the hardest by
the Tariff)
Ignite Learning: Tariff of
Abominations (1:40)
Nicknamed the
“Tariff of
Abominations”
“Abomination” is
anything
abominable;
anything greatly
disliked or abhorred;
something evil.
John C.
Calhoun
2. Development of Jacksonian Democracy:
a. Democratic-Republican Party
splits as a result of election in
1828.
b. Jeffersonian Republican Party
became a group of conservative
states rights politicians.
c. Jacksonian Democratic Party
became a group of strong national
government politicians concerned
for the middle class citizens.
Grand Old Party
Jefferson
Educated
Leadership
Madison
Jackson
Martin
VanBuren
3. Jackson’s new generation of politics:
a. Get the people involved.
b. Equality (for the white male
land owner).
c. Everyone gets a fair chance to
succeed.
4. Jackson implements the “Spoils System”.
John Eaton was Senator from Tenn. 18181829; Sec. of War 1829-1831; Gov. of
Florida 1834-1836 and Ambassador to
Spain 1836-1840.
Andrew
Jackson
Donelson
John C.
Calhoun
Martin
VanBuren
Francis
Preston
Blair
5. Peggy Eaton Incident: John H. Eaton was
Sec. Of War & from Tennessee. His wife,
Peggy, creates a disturbance among the
cabinet members wives because of her
background (shows problems w/ the spoils
system).
John
Eaton
Margaret
(Peggy)
Eaton
Floride
Calhoun
6. Nullification Crisis in South Carolina: John C.
Calhoun resigns as vice-president in protest to
the Tariff of 1828. He attempts to get S.
Carolina to secede from the U.S.
South Carolina
will secede if this
Tariff is not
reduced…
Let’s
Compromise!
Henry
Clay
The Kentucky/Virginia
Resolutions… States Rights
(10th Amendment
Ignite Learning: Tariff of
Abominations (1:40)
John C.
Calhoun
If South
Carolina
threatens to
leave the U.S.
I will use the
military!
Andrew
Jackson
The Tariff of
1832 will
eventually lower
the Tariff of
1828 BUT not
until it nearly
causes a Civil
War & forces
Calhoun to
resign…
7. Election of 1832: Multiple political parties
arise in opposition to Jacksonian Democrats.
Parties such as the Whig, Anti-Mason, FreeSoil, and Know Nothings…
Popular
Vote
(%)
Electoral
Vote
States
Carried
Candidate
Party
Home
State
Andrew
Jackson
Dem
TN
701,780
(54.2%)
219
16
Henry
Clay
Nat’l
Rep
MA
484,205
(37.4%)
49
6
John
Floyd
Nullifier
VA
?
11
1
William
Wirt
AntiMasonic
MD
100,715
(7.8%)
7
1
Floyd
Wirt
8. Jackson’s Presidential Problems:
a. Jackson vs. Bank of U.S.: The
bank was up for reevaluation in
1832. Jackson was opposed to it
because it favored the upper class.
Strong opposition to the president
comes from Nicholas Biddle &
Senator Webster from the state of
Massachusetts.
Second Bank of U.S.
had a 20 year charter
that was up for
reevaluation for in
1836…
Party Conflict was actually
Social Class Conflict in the
1830’s…
Bank of U.S.
Nicholas
Biddle
Daniel
Webster
8 b. Indian Relations: Jackson had little respect for
Indians. This attitude had developed from his dominance
over them in the War of 1812 & when he took Florida in
1814.
1. Indian Removal Law of 1830 (cost $500,000).
2. Trail of Tears was the result (relocated
Cherokee Indians).
3. Black Hawk Incident: Black Hawk was the
chief of the Sauk & Fox Tribes. They were
relocated to Northern Mississippi region that
was already the home of the Sioux Indians.
War between the two tribes erupts & the U.S.
viewed it as Indian hostility. Abe Lincoln &
Jefferson Davis were sent to as U.S. reps., an
Indian Massacre ensued.
Chief
Black
Hawk
Lincoln
Davis
I am a Senator
from TN & I
against the
Indian Removal
Law!
David
Crockett
The Trail of Tears
9. Henry Clay (Whig leader) denounced United
States’ actions towards Indians in Congress.
Henry
Clay
Andrew
Jackson
10. Jackson’s Farewell Address in 1837…