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Snapshot. Write out and answer these questions: What symbols do you see in this political cartoon? Who do you think the person in the picture represents? Does artist like or dislike Andrew Jackson? Explain your answer:

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  1. Snapshot Write out and answer these questions: What symbols do you see in this political cartoon? Who do you think the person in the picture represents? Does artist like or dislike Andrew Jackson? Explain your answer: After the notes, do you agree or disagree with the cartoonists depiction of Andrew Jackson

  2. Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)

  3. Election of 1824 • “The Corrupt Bargain” - Jackson beat John Quincy Adams in the popular & the Electoral College Vote, but no one got enough votes in the Electoral College to win the presidency. Henry Clay, the Speaker of the House made it clear he did not want Andrew Jackson as President. The House of Rep’s made John Quincy Adams President and later JQA made Henry clay his Secretary of State. Was a Deal made?

  4. Election of 1828 • Voting restrictions eased – now any man could vote regardless of how much property he owned “The Common Man”. • Thanks to the “Corrupt bargain” & “The Common Man” – Andrew Jackson wins the Presidency. • End of the Aristocracy – upper class, well educated & eastern men no longer had a lock on the Presidency • Jackson was an aristocrat himself, he just didn’t act like one.

  5. The Spoils System • Jackson replaced many of the federal workers in DC with people who supported him: “to the victor goes the spoils!”

  6. The Bank of the United States • Jackson, like many of the “common” men, despised the Bank of the United States! He vetoed its charter, ending the bank. No one used the power of the veto like Andrew Jackson!

  7. The Trail of Tears • Jackson was known for defeating the Seminoles in Florida. Being a friend of the states and a foe of the Native Americans, he had no problem forcing thousands of Native Americans from their rightful lands in the South. The Supreme Court stated that the land belonged to the native Americans. Jackson ignored the court’s decision!

  8. South Carolina Nullification • The South hated tariffs because it hurt their ability to trade. After Congress imposed the Tariff of 1832, South Carolina said states had the right to ignore or “nullify” and congressional law they believed violated their sovereignty. They even threatened to secede! Jackson, a friend of states rights, believed SC went too far. He sent the Navy into Charleston SC & forced them to honor the Tariff of 1832.

  9. Rise of New Political Party’s the federalist party was replaced by two new parties • The Whig Party fought against Jackson’s policies and emerged in the Election of 1832. Jackson won reelection. • The Know Nothing Party (American) was basically an Anti-Immigration Party. Members of this party were also called Nativist’s because they only respected those Americans who were born in the United States . . . Even if their mothers and fathers had been immigrants themselves.

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