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ANDREW JACKSON. “OLD HICKORY”. Won the election of 1828 Many people attended his inauguration. His wife Rachel’s tomb. The Hermitage. A slave cabin. The “ spoils system ”. Gave government jobs to his supporters This is also known as patronage. The “kitchen cabinet”.
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ANDREW JACKSON “OLD HICKORY”
Won the election of 1828 • Many people attended his inauguration
The “spoils system” • Gave government jobs to his supporters • This is also known as patronage
The “kitchen cabinet” • Jackson’s unofficial group of advisors
Maysville Road Veto • Jackson vetoed a bill to build a road across Kentucky because he thought the state should pay for it, not the federal government
Tariff of 1828 • Called the “Tariff of Abominations” by southerners • South Carolina wanted to nullify it • The Force Bill said the president could send troops to collect taxes • Henry Clay helped write a Compromise Bill which reduced the tariff each year
The Bank War • Jackson hated the Bank of the U.S. because he thought it was a monopoly and too powerful • Henry Clay and Daniel Webster submitted a bill to renew the bank’s charter, but Jackson vetoed it • He attacked Nicholas Biddle, the head of the Bank
Jackson also took federal money out of the Bank of the US and put it in smaller “pet banks” • Specie circular is issued – this says that western lands have to be paid for in specie • All this helped to destroy the Bank of the US and led to an economic crisis called The Panic of 1837