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Jacksonian America

Jacksonian America. “Age of the Common Man,” or triumph of demagoguery. I. End of the Era of Good Feelings. A. Panic of 1819. 1 st national economic crisis 2. “wildcat” banks 3. Blame directed at the “monster bank”. B. The Missouri Compromise. 1819, balance between free/slave states.

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Jacksonian America

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  1. Jacksonian America “Age of the Common Man,” or triumph of demagoguery

  2. I. End of the Era of Good Feelings

  3. A. Panic of 1819 • 1st national economic crisis 2. “wildcat” banks 3. Blame directed at the “monster bank”

  4. B. The Missouri Compromise • 1819, balance between free/slave states

  5. 2. 2nd MO Compromise • exclusion of “free negroes and mulattoes” Sovereignty: state or feds

  6. C. The Corrupt Bargain • Election of 1824 J. Quincy AdamsFederalist tendencies 2. Split Republicans“buck tails”1826 – Democratic-Republicans

  7. D. Expansion of democracy • 1830 – 5 states require property to vote- “majority rule” sentiment • Martin Van Buren- find popular leader

  8. II. King Andrew The first “modern” President Rise of “mass American society” Manipulation of two-party system

  9. A. Modern Presidency • Loved, hated • Rested his legitimacy on “will of the people” Compare w/ “Lyceum Address”

  10. B. Mass society • Vertical v. horizontal society • No boundaries means no safety nets- economic growth breeds uncertainty A. De Tocqueville political democracy leads to cultural democratization

  11. C. Permanent two-party system 1.Democratic Republicans – Democrats 2. Whig Party (1834-1856) 3. Advantages of two-party system- multi-sectional; bring compromise 4. Disadvantages- “demonize” opponents for political gain - too associated with regional interests

  12. III. The “dark” side of democracy Tyranny of the majority

  13. A. War on the Bank • Inhibited prosperity? - market revolution • Withdrew federal funds- Panic of 1837

  14. B. Tolerated mob violence • Attacks on abolitionist presses 1833 – Elijah Lovejoy 2. Religious intolerance - Joseph Smith - Mormon Extermination Order, 1838

  15. C. Jackson’s Indian policy • Five “Civilized” TribesCherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole 2. Northern tribesPeorias, Kaskaskians, Kickapoos, Sauks, Foxes, Winnebagos

  16. 3. Indian Removal Act, 1830- carrot and stick approach 4. Black Hawk’s War, 1831-32 Black Hawk

  17. 5. Cherokee - 1820s, bicameral legislature, courts, constitution, alphabet - 1828, GA nullifies Cherokee constitution; gold rush

  18. 6. Marshall & SC, 1831, 1832 All GA legislation null and void “John Marshall has made his decision, now let himenforce it.”

  19. 7. Trail of Tears, 1831-1838 John Ross

  20. 1. 1828 “Tariff of Abominations” 2. Va. & Ky. Resolutions (1798) 3. 1833 – Jackson’s “Force Bill” D. John C. Calhoun and the “Nullification Crisis”

  21. IV. “Progressive” democratization in the Age of Jackson Reform in a “horizontal” society

  22. A. Industrialization • Bourgeoisie, “middle class” • Civic activism as response to social illsreject laissez faire Liberalism – Jeremy Bentham, “utilitarianism”

  23. B. Alternatives • Utopian SocialismRobert Owen – New Harmony, IN 2. MormonismJoseph Smith Communitarian lifestyle

  24. 3. Civil disobedience Henry David Thoreau no obligation to follow immoral laws

  25. C. 2nd Great Awakening • Rejection of materialism • Temperance, abolition William Lloyd Garrison “A covenant with death and an agreementwith Hell”

  26. D. Origins of feminism • Cult of domesticity / “separate spheres?” • Middle class women and powerconsumerism, associationism abolition, temperance, child labor, education Politicization of women’s concerns

  27. 3. Seneca Falls Convention, 1848Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott Declaration of Sentiments

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