Slide1 : Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
Slide2 : Essential Question: Champion of the “Common Man”? “King” Andrew? OR
Slide4 : Voting Requirements in the Early 19c
Slide5 : Voter Turnout: 1820 - 1860
Slide6 : Why 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)
Slide8 : Jackson’s First Hermitage Residence
Slide9 : First Known Painting of Jackson, 1815
Slide10 : General Jackson During the Seminole Wars
Slide12 : The “Common Man’s” Presidential Candidate
Slide13 : Jackson’s Opponents in 1824 Henry Clay [KY] John Quincy Adams [MA] John C. Calhoun [SC] William H. Crawford [GA]
Slide14 : Results of the 1824 Election A “Corrupt Bargain?”
Slide16 : Rachel Jackson Final Divorce Decree
Slide17 : Jackson in Mourning for His Wife
Slide18 : 1828 Election Results
Slide19 : The Center of Population in the Country Moves WEST
Slide20 : The New “Jackson Coalition” The Planter Elite in the South
People on the Frontier
State Politicians – spoils system
Immigrants in the cities.
Slide21 : Jackson’s Faith in the “Common Man” Intense distrust of Eastern “establishment,” monopolies, & special privilege.
His heart & soul was with the “plain folk.”
Belief that the common man was capable of uncommon achievements.
Slide22 : The Reign of “King Mob”
Slide23 : Andrew Jackson as President
Slide24 : The “Peggy Eaton Affair”
Slide26 : The Webster-Hayne Debate Sen. Daniel Webster [MA] Sen. Robert Hayne [SC]
Slide27 : 1830 Webster: Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable. Jackson: Our Federal Union—it must be preserved. Calhoun: The Union, next to our liberty, most dear.
Slide29 : 1832 Tariff Conflict 1828 --> “Tariff of Abomination”
1832 --> new tariff
South Carolina’s reaction?
Jackson’s response?
Clay’s “Compromise” Tariff?
Slide31 : Indian Removal Jackson’s Goal?
1830 Indian Removal Act
Cherokee Nation v. GA (1831) * “domestic dependent nation”
Worcester v. GA (1832)
Jackson: John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it!
Slide32 : The Cherokee Nation After 1820
Slide33 : Indian Removal
Slide34 : Trail of Tears (1838-1839)
Slide35 : Jackson’s Professed “Love” for Native Americans
Slide37 : Jackson’s Use of Federal Power VETO 1830 Maysville Road project in KY [state of his political rival, Henry Clay]
Slide38 : The National Bank Debate Nicholas Biddle President Jackson
Slide39 : Opposition to the 2nd B.U.S. “Soft” (paper) $ “Hard” (specie) $ state bankers felt it restrained their banks from issuing bank notes freely.
supported rapid economic growth & speculation. felt that coin was the only safe currency.
didn’t like any bank that issued bank notes.
suspicious of expansion & speculation.
Slide40 : The “Monster” Is Destroyed! “pet banks”?
1832 Jackson vetoed the extension of the 2nd National Bank of the United States.
1836 the charter expired.
1841 the bank went bankrupt!
Slide41 : The Downfall of “Mother Bank”
Slide42 : An 1832 Cartoon:
“King Andrew”?
Slide43 : 1832 Election Results Main
Issue?
Slide44 : The Specie Circular (1936) “wildcat banks.”
buy future federal land only with gold or silver.
Jackson’s goal?
Slide45 : Results of the Specie Circular Banknotes loose their value.
Land sales plummeted.
Credit not available.
Businesses began to fail.
Unemployment rose. The Panic of 1837!
Slide46 : The 1836 Election Results Martin Van Buren
“Old Kinderhook” [O. K.]
Slide47 : The Panic of 1837 Spreads Quickly!
Slide48 : Andrew Jackson in Retirement
Slide49 : Photo of Andrew Jackson in 1844 (one year before his death) 1767 - 1845