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Andrew Jackson’s Presidency

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

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Andrew Jackson’s Presidency

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  1. Andrew Jackson’s Presidency 1828-1836

  2. Current President • John Q. Adams • 1825-1829 • Republican • Massachusetts

  3. Election of 1824 A Washington Elite V. A Washington Outsider

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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.

  7. 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

  8. Current President • Andrew Jackson • 1829-1837 • Democratic-Republican • South Carolina

  9. Election of 1828 • Jackson’s new style • Appeals to the Common Man • Focus on the negative

  10. 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)

  11. Key Issues in the Jackson presidency

  12. 1. Tariff of “Abominations”and Nullifacation • Tariff of 1816  on imports of cheap textiles. • Tariff of 1824  on iron goods and more expensive woolen and cotton imports. • 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!

  13. The Webster-Hayne Debate, 1830 Sen. Daniel Webster[MA] Sen. Robert Hayne[SC]

  14. 1832 Tariff Conflict • 1832 --> new tariff • South Carolina’s reaction? • Jackson’s response? • Clay’s “Compromise” Tariff?

  15. 1832 Election Results

  16. 2. Native American 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!

  17. The Cherokee Nation after 1820

  18. The Trail of Tears

  19. 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

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