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The Jacksonian Era 1824-1840

The Jacksonian Era 1824-1840. Growing Equality. More people gaining suffrage The right to vote States begin easing voter requirements Women, Native Americans, and most African Americans could not vote. Voting Requirements in the Early 19c. Voter Turnout: 1820 - 1860. Bonus Question.

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The Jacksonian Era 1824-1840

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  1. The Jacksonian Era 1824-1840

  2. Growing Equality • More people gaining suffrage • The right to vote • States begin easing voter requirements • Women, Native Americans, and most African Americans could not vote

  3. Voting Requirements in the Early 19c

  4. Voter Turnout: 1820 - 1860

  5. Bonus Question • In your notebook, quickly write down a guess as to what percentage of eligible voters actually voted in the last Presidential Election (2012). Whoever is closest will get two bonus points on yesterday's test.

  6. Voter Turnout (2000-2012) • 2000: 50.3 % • 2004: 55.7 % • 2008: 57.1% • 2012: 57.5 %

  7. Election of 1824 • Four Candidates • Each represented different parts of the country Henry Clay[KY] Andrew Jackson [TN] William Crawford[GA] John Quincy Adams[MA]

  8. 1824 Election

  9. The Corrupt Bargain • No clear winner emerged from the election • Jackson won popular vote • House of Representatives decides • Henry Clay urged House to vote for John Quincy Adams • As President, Adams names Clay Secretary of State • Jackson accuses them of make a “corrupt bargain”

  10. Adams: Unpopular President • Americans angry about possible “corruption” • Adams wanted government to pay for “internal improvements” • Americans and Congress object to spending the money

  11. New Political Parties _____Whigs____ ___Democrats___ Jackson Supporters States’ rights Frontiers farmers and workers • Supported Adams and his programs • More powerful Federal Government • Middleclass and rich

  12. 1828 Election Results

  13. The Common Man’s Presidential Candidate

  14. President Andrew Jackson • Admired by many • War hero • Helped us get Florida • Nicknames • Old Hickory • “King Andrew”

  15. Vocabulary for Jackson • Egalitarian: Supporter of equal rights in general • Executive deference to legislative supremacy: The president doing whatever Congress wants • Special interests: Groups that try to influence policies (tobacco companies, Big business today) • Bureaucracy: All of the smaller positions/pieces that help an organization operate • Purging: Getting rid of • Sycophant: A "Yes-Man" • Sovereignty: To have power/authority over a certain place

  16. Spoils System • Jackson fires @ 200 government employees • Replaced with his own supporters • Many were ordinary citizens with no political background • “To the Victor Belong the Spoils” • Belief that the common man was capable of uncommon achievements.

  17. Native Americans • Americans wanted Indian lands • Fertile • Gold Discovered • Congress passes Indian Removal Act, 1830 • set land aside out west for Indians to relocate • Indians refuse to move

  18. Trail of Tears • Native Americans forced to move west of the Mississippi • US Army used to drive 15,000 Indians west • Walked hundreds of miles for months • Thousands die, mostly children and elderly • Becomes known as Trail of Tears

  19. Indian Removal

  20. Learning Target: Champion of the “Common Man”? “King”Andrew? OR

  21. Assassination Attempt

  22. Trail of Tears (1838-1839)

  23. Photo of Andrew Jackson in 1844 1767 - 1845

  24. The industrial revolution in the united states • 1789: Samuel Slater smuggled machinery plans into U.S. for textile factories • 1793: Eli Whitney invents cotton gin • Early 1800’s: Steamboats and Railroads • Using coal for steam power • Clermont: Robert Fulton’s first practical steamboat • Most manufacturing occurs in the Northeast. Similar working conditions and issues as Great Britain • The two distinct economies in the United States would further divide the U.S. between North and South leading into the Civil War.

  25. The Northern Section • Lowell, MA becomes first “Mill Town” • Hire single women seeking income before marriage • Life revolves around factory; live, eat, sleep, work together • Urban population increases • Farming opportunity limited, too many people & no land • People move to cities looking for factory work (steady $) • Labor Unions; Organization of workers formed to protect their common interests • Protested long hours & low wages • Used “strikes” • Generally failed; Factory owners won court cases, financial panics  unemployed willing to work for cheap

  26. Tenements of Boston

  27. The Southern Section • Remained mostly rural, based on farming • “Cotton is King” but not only crop • Cotton gin increased output & created some larger plantations • Relied on Northern banks and textile factories • Relied on slaves for extremely cheap labor • Viewed as property • Importing slaves became illegal in 1808, but internal trade and keeping children kept slave population rising • Rebellions  Tightened laws regarding education for slaves etc. • Denmark Vesey in SC, Nat Turner in VA

  28. Immigration in the 1840’s & 1850’s • Mostly Irish and Germans • Causes: • Demand for cheap labor • Irish Potato famine, Failed rebellions in today’s Germany • Lower cost of travel • Effects: • Differences & tensions: Irish Catholics disliked by protestants, American workers lost jobs • Many labor unions dissolve • Anti-immigrationists form American Republican Party

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