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Election of 1824

Election of 1824. Major players: Andrew Jackson John Q. Adams Henry Clay William H. Crawford. Write “popular vote winner” beside the candidate who won the most popular vote. . http://www.historycentral.com/elections/1824.html.

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Election of 1824

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  1. Election of 1824 • Major players: • Andrew Jackson • John Q. Adams • Henry Clay • William H. Crawford

  2. Write “popular vote winner” beside the candidate who won the most popular vote.

  3. http://www.historycentral.com/elections/1824.html

  4. Write “electoral vote winner” beside the candidate who got the most electoral votes.

  5. http://www.historycentral.com/elections/1824.html

  6. http://www.historycentral.com/elections/1824.html

  7. Election of 1824 • 131 Electoral Votes were needed to win • Jackson received a majority of the popular vote, but only 99 electoral votes • he did not have enough electoral votes to win the election

  8. Election of 1824 • When no one wins whose job is it to decide the President and Vice-President? • US House of Representatives

  9. Election of 1824 • Henry Clay is the Speaker of the House of Representatives it is his job to lead the election process • John Adams is elected President • Write “President” beside the person who became President

  10. After Adams is elected Henry Clay is appointed Secretary of State

  11. Election of 1824 - Outcomes • Many Jackson supports call Adams election a… • CORRUPT BARGAIN! • Why?

  12. Election of 1824 • Jackson’s dismay at the election of 1824 will set him up to start campaigning for the election of 1828

  13. Jacksonians (supporters of Jackson) left the Republican party to form the Democratic Republican Party • Jacksonians attempted to subvert Adams’ policies throughout his entire presidency

  14. Election of 1828 • Major players: • Andrew Jackson • John Q. Adams • Who wins? http://www.historycentral.com/elections/1828.html

  15. What does the election map of 1828 show about America that is different from the Election of 1824?

  16. Spoils System • Declared federal appointees could only serve 4 years • This short term in the job allowed Jackson to give a lot of his friends and supporters government jobs

  17. What effect do you think appointing his friends and supporters to government jobs had on the government?

  18. Appointing friends and supporters is called the “spoils system” “To the victor go the spoils.”

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