The Corrupt Bargain to the Man of the People

Jackson Loses, Jackson Plots, Jackson has his REVENGE!

After the War

• Tecumseh– Prophetstown– Battle of Tippecanoe– Gov. Harrison (future

President)– Battle of Thames

• Jackson– Battle of New Orleans

• Francis Scott Key– Star Spangled Banner

Era of Good Feelings (1815-1825)• Led to:

– Hartford Convention– Monroe’s Election– War of 1812

• During:– Election of 1820– Avoided partisanship– Monroe Doctrine

• End of Good Feelings:– Panic of 1819 (we will see

more)– Missouri Compromise– Election of 1824

The American SystemHenry Clay

• Continued from Jefferson

• Sectional jealousy kept this from occurring

• Supported by North and East

• South never really on board b/c of other available markets

• Re-chartered Second Bank of the US for 20 years until 1836.

Land Act of 1820

• Smaller plots of land• Lower price for land• Response to Panic of

1819• Good for who?• Wildcat banks

– State banks that issued currency and loans for speculators.

– Not regulated by Fed. Gov’t

Missouri Compromise (1820) • Slavery Issue is

ignited• North/South

Split• Temporary

compromise• Missouri

slave/Maine non-slave

• 36°30’ line

Monroe Doctrine (1823)

• Limit European expansion into the Americas

• Allow for Latin Am. countries to gain independence w/out influence from Europe

• US gains influence and safety

Election of 1824

Election of 1824

• The “Corrupt Bargain”• Clay, Crawford, Quincy Adams, Jackson• No candidate won majority of Electoral votes• Clay dropped out• Crawford had stroke• Quincy Adams vs. Jackson• Clay (Speaker of the House) used power to pull for

Quincy Adams• Quincy Adams becomes Pres. • Clay becomes Sec. of State

John Quincy Adams (president)• Tariff of Abominations (1828)

– Protective tariffs for Northern industry

– South was mad– Hurt Southern economy

• Nullification Crisis– See Jackson

• Native Policies– Did not support expansion into

West– Protected Cherokee rights in

GA./armed conflict

Election of 1828

• Second Party System– Sectional divisions in

Republican Party in Election of 1824

– Two parties form• Democratic Party • National Republicans

• First Modern Campaign– Negative Campaign

tactics– Literature– Buttons– Paraphernalia

Election of 1828

– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hunters_of_Kentucky.ogg

Election of 1828 (Emergence of Democratic Party)

Changes in Voting Population

• Analyzing Changes in Voter Participation, part 1 http://edsitement.neh.gov/sites/default/files/worksheets/AnalyzeChanges.pdf

• State Constitution changes http://edsitement.neh.gov/sites/default/files/worksheets/ChangeFranchise.pdf

• VOTER PARTICIPATION IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS BY STATE: 1824-1836 http://www.whitehousehistory.org/whha_classroom/classroom_documents-1828_k.html

Changes in Voting Population

• Analyzing Changes in Voter Participation, part 2 http://edsitement.neh.gov/sites/default/files/worksheets/AnalyzeChanges02.pdf

• Interactive Election Results for 1824 • Interactive Election Results for 1828 • Interactive Election Results for 1832 • Interactive Election Results for 1836

Jackson as President• Inauguration– March 4, 1829– First public inauguration– 21,000 attended– Post inauguration

ceremony held at White House-open to public

– "The reign of King Mob seemed triumphant.“ Joseph Story, Supreme Court Justice

Jackson as President• Spoils System

– rotation in office prevents corrupt bureaucracy

– System of patronage– replaced federal

employees with friends or party loyalists

– appointment of officials with no experience related to their responsibilities

• Tariff of Abomination• Jackson’s plan• North vs. South (Webster

vs. Calhoun)• “Nullies”/Nullification

Crisis– Calhoun Resigned as

VP– The South Carolina

Exposition and Protest

• Henry Clay=Compromise– Force Bill– Compromise Tariff

Jackson as President- Indian Removal Act

Jackson as President

• Native Policies• Indian Removal Act• Bureau of Indian

Affairs• Oklahoma = “Indian

Territory”• Trail of Tears-1838

– Forced from land by bayonet point– 4,000 of 16,000

died

Jackson as President• The Bank War

• Re-chartering the Bank early (1832)–Biddle, Pres. Of Bank

• VETO• “Pet Banks”• “Hard money” vs.

“Soft Money”–Specie Circular–Panic of 1837

• Charter expires 1836