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Election of 1824 Map

Add up Electoral College Vote Totals

Color code each candidate and color the states they won

Make some generalizations about where the candidates base of support was found

Based on your knowledge of the Electoral College predict the winner of the electionSlide2
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Election of 1824

By the 12th Amendment, the top three electoral vote getters would

be voted upon in the House of Reps. and the majority (over 50%) would be elected president.

Clay was eliminated, but he was the Speaker of the HouseCrawford had recently suffered a paralytic stroke Clay hated Jackson, he threw his support behind John Q. Adams Slide4

When Clay was appointed Secretary of the

State, the traditional stepping-stone

to the presidency, Jackson

said he, the people’s choice, had been swindled out of the presidency by career politicians in Washington D.C.Slide5

Adams urged Congress on the

construction of roads and canals, proposed a national university,

and advocated support for an astronomical observatory.

Public reaction was mixed: roads were good, but observatories weren’t important, and Southerners knew that if the government didanything, it would have to continue collecting tariffs.Slide6
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Election of 1828

Jackson turned public opinion against Adams

Jackson supporters suggested Adams spent too much money. (pool table)

Adams supporters suggested Jackson was an adulterer because he married his wife Rachel before her divorce was finalRachel died shortly after the electionSlide8
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Old Hickory

Self made man of the West

Orphaned as a child

Became wealthy congressman, slave owner, and war heroUsed the veto 12 times compared to only 10 times by presidents 1-7Had a party at the White House invited common people and they proceeded to wreck the placeSlide10

Spoils System

To the victors belong the Spoils

Jackson gave government positions to those who were close allies.

Loyalty was more important than experienceSlide11

Tariff of Abominations

Southerners sold their cotton

without tariffs,while the products that they bought were heavily taxed.

Tariffs led the U.S. to buy less British products and vice versa.Tariff protected American manufacturing in NortheastSlide12

Nullies in South Carolina

In the elections of 1832, the

Nullies came out with a two-thirds

majority over the UnionistsThe Tariff of 1832 was to be void within S.C. boundaries. They also threatened with secession against the UnionPresident Jackson issued a ringing proclamation against S.C.

To compromise and prevent Jackson from crushing S.C. and becoming more popular, the president’s rival, Henry Clay, proposed a compromiseCompromise would gradually lower tariffSlide13

“worthless scoundrel... a poltroon and a coward.”Slide14

Jackson v. Dickinson

Why is Jackson compared to a jar of marbles?

What other first did Jackson claim as President?Why did Jackson have deep seated resentment for the British?

Who was Robert Lawrence?Why was the failed assassination on Jackson seen as divine intervention?Why did Jackson have a conflict with Charles Dickinson?How did the duel play out? How many shots did Jackson take?Slide15

What steps lead to Despotism?

What is sacrificed along the way to despotism?

What is the last step toward despotism that will cause Calhoun to fall?Slide16

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The Trail of Tears

Jackson's

Democrats were committed to western

expansion which led to conflict with Native Americans.The five civilized tribes were the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminoles.  President Jackson wanted to move the Indians so that whites could expand.  In 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act.  It moved more than 100,000 Indians living east of the Mississippi to reservations west of the Mississippi. Supreme Court sided with Cherokees but Jackson ignored court’s decision.Slide20
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The Bank War

President

Andrew Jackson despised the Bank of the United States because he felt it was very monopolistic.The

BUS was a private institution, accountable not to the people, but to its elite circle of investors.   Nicholas Biddle, the president of the BUS, held an immense amount of power over the nation's financial affairs.The Bank War erupted in 1832 when Daniel Webster and Henry Clay presented Congress with a bill to renew the Bank's charter.  Clay pushed to renew the charter in 1832 to make it an issue for the election of that year. 

Jackson vetoed the bill calling the Bank unconstitutional.  Slide22
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Election of 1832

A third party entered the election in the election of 1832:

The Anti-Masonic party.  The party opposed the Masonic Order, which was perceived by some as people of privilege and monopoly. Jackson

was a Mason himself; therefore the Anti-Masons were an anti-Jackson party. Slide24
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Jackson Kills the Bank

Jackson defeats Biddle and the BUS by withdrawing the government’s money from the bank.

Jackson put money in less reliable wildcat banks.Jackson then issues the specie circular which required public lands be bought with hard currency.

Decision leads to Panic of 1837.Slide26

Period 3 & 7

We will examine the election of 1824 and its aftermath.

Go over homeworkChapter 13 Notes

Chapter 13 GuidebookJackson EssaySlide27

Birth of the Whigs

The Whigs were conservatives who supported government programs, reforms, and public schools. 

They

called for internal improvements like canals, railroads, and telegraph lines.Slide28

William Henry Harrison – Old TippecanoeSlide29

Zachary Taylor – Old Rough and ReadySlide30

Martin Van Buren – The Little MagicianSlide31

John Tyler – His AccidencySlide32

James K Polk – Young HickorySlide33

Millard Fillmore – The Accidental PresidentSlide34

Franklin Pierce – Handsome Frank