Andrew Jackson
The New American
Democracy
Jeffersonian Republicans
•only political party in the U.S. from
1816 – 1824
•divided in election of 1828
– Democratic Republicans
– National Republicans
Democratic Republicans
•supported Andrew Jackson
•Frontiersman, immigrants, and big
city laborers
•favored states’ rights
•mistrusted a strong central govt.
•non-property owners could now
vote
National Republicans
• supported John Quincy Adams
• merchants and farmers
• wanted strong central govt.
Campaign of 1828
• introduced the
following things:
– mudslinging
– election
slogans
– buttons
– rallies
– political BBQs
mudslinging
•attempts to ruin opponents
reputation during the campaign
Jackson WINS – he promises…
• equal protection
and benefits for all
men!
• universal white
male suffrage
suffrage
• the right to vote
– under Jackson many
more men were able
to vote
– opened up voting to
more than FWMPO
– still no women, Native
Americans, or blacks
allowed
Spoils System
• replacing govt.
employees with
winning
candidates’
supporters
Bank War
• Jackson vs. Henry Clay, 1830’s
• President vs. Congress
• destroyed the Bank of the U.S.; thought it was a
corrupt monopoly & favored the wealthy
• Got the U.S. out of debt by taking over Native’s
land & resources; Americans love him even more
• Lots of politicians HATE Jackson
Jackson’s Indian Policies
• Indian Removal Act
– passed in 1830
– allowed fed. govt. to pay Natives to move west
– Only president to openly defy Supreme Court
ruling opposing this law
• Trail of Tears
– Fed. troops forcefully removed Cherokees
(1,000 + died)
• Indian Territory
– now Oklahoma (an area created to send
Cherokee)