What were the democratic trends in the 19c? SG #5

1. What were the democratic trends in the 19c? SG #5

2. Voting Requirements in the Early 19c

3. Voter Turnout: 1824 - 1860

4. 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.)

5. Evidence of Political Parties

6. Andrew Jackson: 1767 - 1845

7. Jackson's First Presidential Run-1824

8. The “Common Man’s”Presidential Candidate

9. Jackson’s Opponents in 1824 Henry Clay[KY] John Quincy Adams[MA] John C. Calhoun[SC] William H. Crawford[GA]

10. Results of the 1824 Election A “Corrupt Bargain?”

11. http://www.hulu.com/watch/57610/presidents-day-the-corrupt-bargainhttp://www.hulu.com/watch/57610/presidents-day-the-corrupt-bargain

12. What were the key issues in 1828?

13. Rachel Jackson Final Divorce Decree

14. Jackson in Mourning for His Wife

15. 1828 Election Results

16. The New “Jackson Coalition” • The Planter Elite in the South • People on the Frontier • State Politicians – spoils system • Immigrants in the cities.

17. The Reign of “King Mob”

18. Andrew Jackson as President (only President to wear a cape in his Presidential Photograph)

19. The “Peggy Eaton Affair”

20. The Spoils System

21. JACKSON PRESIDENTIAL FACTS: First President to be born in a log cabin. First President to be a prisoner of War Only president to pay off the national debt. First assassination attempt on a president. First president to ride in a train. Only president to serve in War of 1812 and the Revolutionary War. At his funeral, his pet parrot had to be removed because it wouldn’t stop swearing Random Jackson Facts

22. In 1806, Jackson met Charles Dickinson in a duel over some remarks Dickinson made about Jackson’s wife. Dickinson got in the first shot, a direct hit square in the chest, two inches from Jackson’s heart. Jackson didn’t even fall down. But returned fire, killing Dickinson and walked away. The bullet was too close to his heart to be removed so it remained lodged in his chest for the rest of his life. Jackson, The Toughest President?

23. On January 30 1835, Richard Lawrence fired two pistols at Jackson at point blank range. Both of them failed to fire (Odds 1:125,000). Jackson chased after Lawrence and beat him with his cane.  Jackson, cont.

24. As a boy, Andrew and his brother were taken as prisoners of war, where, injured and starved, they both contracted smallpox. Their mother, Elizabeth Jackson collected a group of British prisoners of war and marched them back to the British camp where her boys were and single-handedly arranged for her boys to be released. So, in fact, Andrew Jackson came by his toughness genetically. Even his Mom was Tough!

25. SG #6 Champion of the “Common Man”? “King”Andrew? OR

26. The Nullification Issue

27. The Webster-Hayne Debate Sen. Daniel Webster[MA] Sen. Robert Hayne[SC]

28. 1832 Tariff Conflict • 1828 -->“Tariff of Abomination” • 1832 --> new tariff • South Carolina’s reaction? • Jackson’s response? • Clay’s “Compromise” Tariff?

29. Indian Removal

30. Trail of Tears (1838-1839)

31. Jackson’s Professed “Love” forNative Americans

32. Renewing the Charter of the 2nd National Bank

33. The National Bank Debate PresidentJackson NicholasBiddle

34. Opposition to the 2nd B.U.S. “Soft”(paper) $ “Hard”(specie) $ • state bankers feltit restrained theirbanks from issuingbank notes freely. • supported rapid economic growth & speculation. • felt that coin was the only safecurrency. • didn’t like any bankthat issued banknotes. • suspicious of expansion &speculation.

35. The “Monster” Is Destroyed! • 1832  Jackson vetoed the extension of the 2nd National Bank of the United States. • 1836  the charter expired. • 1841  the bank went bankrupt!

36. The Downfall of “Mother Bank”

37. An 1832 Cartoon: “KingAndrew”?

38. Andrew Jackson in Retirement

39. Photo of Andrew Jackson in 1844(one year before his death) 1767 - 1845