andrew jackson’s presidency
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Andrew Jackson’s Presidency. 1828-1836. Current President. John Q. Adams 1825-1829 Republican Massachusetts. Election of 1824. A Washington Elite V. A Washington Outsider. Election of 1824. J.Q. Adams vs. Andrew Jackson Jackson wins popular vote - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Andrew Jackson’s Presidency
1828-1836
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Current President John Q. Adams 1825-1829 Republican Massachusetts
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Election of 1824A Washington Elite
V.A Washington
Outsider
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Election of 1824 J.Q. Adams vs. Andrew Jackson
Jackson wins popular vote
Does not have the electoral votes to win
HOR decided outcome Clay uses influence to throw Adams the election
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Election Outcome Voting Restrictions
States begin to relax No more property requirement Greatly increases the # of voters for next
election
Democratic-Republicans officially formed Jackson supporters form party
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John Q. Adams Presidency
• Some believed he allowed too much political control to be held by elites.
• Some objected to his support of national economic development on constitutional grounds.• Adams believed a strong, active central government
was necessary.• A national university.• An astronomical observatory.• A naval academy.
• Many Americans saw Adams’ vision of a might nation led by a strong president as a threat to individual liberties.
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Land and Native American Policies
Land policies hurt Westerners Curb speculation of Western lands Seen as a way to impede western expansion
Supported rights of Native Americans 1825: government officials negotiated a a
treaty with a group of Creek Indians to cede their lands rights in GA Creek Indians appealed to Adams and Congress sided with the governor of GA
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Current President
Andrew Jackson 1829-1837 Democratic-Republican South Carolina
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Election of 1828 Jackson’s new style
Appeals to the Common Man
Focus on the negative
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Why the increased democratization?
White male suffrage increased Party nominating committees. Voters chose their state’s slate of Presidential
electors. Spoils system. Rise of Third Parties. Popular campaigning (parades, rallies, floats, etc.) Two-party system returned in the 1832 election:
Dem-Reps Natl. Reps.(1828) Whigs (1832) Republicans (1854)
Democrats (1828)
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Key Issues in the Jackson
presidency
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1. Tariff of “Abominations”and Nullifacation
3 Tariff of 1816 on imports of cheap textiles.3 Tariff of 1824 on iron goods and more expensive
woolen and cotton imports.3 Tariff of 1828 higher tariffs on imported raw
materials [like wool & hemp]. Tax up to 45% Supported by Jacksonians to gain votes from farmers in
NY, OH, KY. The South alone was adamantly against it.
As producers of the world’s cheapest cotton, it did not need a protective tariff.
They were negatively impacted American textiles and iron goods [or the taxed English goods] were more expensive!
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Sen. Daniel Webster
[MA]
Sen. Robert Hayne[SC]
The Webster-Hayne Debate, 1830
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1832 Tariff Conflict 3 1832 --> new tariff3 South Carolina’s reaction?3 Jackson’s response?3 Clay’s “Compromise” Tariff?
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1832 Election Results
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2. Native American Removal
3 Jackson’s Goal?3 1830 Indian Removal Act3 Cherokee Nation v. GA (1831)
* “domestic dependent nation”3 Worcester v. GA (1832)3 Jackson:
John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it!
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The Cherokee Nation after 1820
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The Trail of Tears
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3. Slavery Jackson ignored the slavery issue because
he saw it as a means to industrial success
Did not react to the burning on anti-slavery pamphlets