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Chapter 10 THE TRIUMPH OF WHITE MEN’S DEMOCRACY

Chapter 10 THE TRIUMPH OF WHITE MEN’S DEMOCRACY. Democratic Culture. Ralph Waldo Emerson stressed the importance of individualism, individual inspiration, self-reliance, dissent, and nonconformity . The Election of 1824 and J. Q. Adams’s Administration.

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Chapter 10 THE TRIUMPH OF WHITE MEN’S DEMOCRACY

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  1. Chapter 10THE TRIUMPH OF WHITE MEN’S DEMOCRACY

  2. Democratic Culture • Ralph Waldo Emerson stressed the importance of individualism, individual inspiration, self-reliance, dissent, and nonconformity

  3. The Election of 1824 and J. Q. Adams’s Administration • A “corrupt bargain” between Clay and Adams • Protective tariffs became key issue • “Tariff of Abominations”

  4. The Election of 1824

  5. Jackson Comes to Power • Campaign dominated by personal attacks and mudslinging • Jacksonians won by portraying Jackson as authentic man of the people

  6. Jackson the War Hero

  7. JacksonSquare,New Orleans

  8. Clay +Jackson

  9. Jackson’s Inauguration

  10. Indian Removal • Jackson felt that federal government had not removed Indians quickly enough • Some southern states asserted authority over Indians in their borders • Worcester v. Georgia (1832) • "John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!”

  11. Indian Removal

  12. Trail of Tears (1838)

  13. The Nullification Crisis • South opposed tariffs • VP John C. Calhoun spelled out Doctrine of Nullification—right of a state to nullify federal law • About slavery as much as Tariff

  14. Debate over Tariffs • Webster-Hayne Debate (1830) • Senator Webster (NH) supported a protective tariff for New England states • Opposed nullification as means of maintaining union • “Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.” • Reprints of Webster’s speech circulated more than any other previous speech in history

  15. The Nullification Crisis • South Carolina nullified Tariff of 1832 • Force Bill authorized Jackson to use military to enforce federal law • S.C. gave in • Nullification foreshadowed state sovereignty positions of the South in slavery debates

  16. The Bank Veto • Biddle sought new charter for BUS four years early in 1832 • Congress passed, but Jackson vetoed • Jackson destroyed bank by removing federal deposits • Funds transferred to state (“pet”) banks

  17. Jackson Destroying the Devil’s Bank

  18. Effects of Bank Veto • Led to extended credit and speculation • This eventually created a recession • Senate voted to officially censure President Jackson • Only time in history

  19. Why is this ironic?

  20. The Election of 1832

  21. Assassination Attempt

  22. The Election of 1836

  23. The Second Party System • Whigs and Democrats • Whig Party a coalition of forces, united in opposition Jackson • Whigs supported the American System

  24. Election of 1840 • Whig candidate William Henry Harrison • Image built of a common man who had been born in a log cabin • “Tippecanoe and Tyler too”

  25. Democratic Political Institutions • Expanded suffrage • Most states dropped property requirement • Increased voter participation • Many appointed offices made elective • Most presidential electors chosen by popular vote rather than state legislatures by 1828

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