Learning Goals:  Explain the issues appeared around the 1824 presidential election.  Identify economic issues that increased tension within the states.  Describe the issue of states’ rights from two opposing points of view..  Journal Question: If you were to create a political party what issues would you focus on and what animal would be your symbol?  Explanation: Political Party- an organization to gain political power. Andrew Jackson won the election of 1824 because more people were allowed to vote.

1. John Quincy Adams was the candidate who was elected president in 1824 as a result of what some Americans believed to be a corrupt political deal.1. John Quincy Adams was the candidate who was elected president in 1824 as a result of what some Americans believed to be a corrupt political deal. Votes changed when one candidate gave Adams his votes.

2. The Democratic Party was the political party that opposed control by an educated elite and favored a strong executive branch.2. The Democratic Party was the political party that opposed control by an educated elite and favored a strong executive branch. Andrew Jackson believed that future presidents should not be elite landowners, like Washington.

3. The idea of widening political power to more of the people is known as Jacksonian democracy.3. The idea of widening political power to more of the people is known as Jacksonian democracy. Allowing more people to vote game them more power Andrew Jackson!

4. The spoils system is elected officials rewarding political backers with government jobs.4. The spoils system is elected officials rewarding political backers with government jobs. This politician is controlled by the people that give him money.

5. Northeasterners wanted public lands sold at higher prices because they feared that cheap land might lure workers to leave the Northeast.5. Northeasterners wanted public lands sold at higher prices because they feared that cheap land might lure workers to leave the Northeast. Western land for sale.

6. The doctrine of nullification was the idea that a state could nullify a federal law that it considered unconstitutional. The political leader that supported states’ right in the doctrine of nullification was John C. Calhoun.6. The doctrine of nullification was the idea that a state could nullify a federal law that it considered unconstitutional. The political leader that supported states’ right in the doctrine of nullification was John C. Calhoun.

7. Daniel Webster was arguing that States did not have the right to nullify federal law when he stated, “Liberty and the Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.”7. Daniel Webster was arguing that States did not have the right to nullify federal law when he stated, “Liberty and the Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.” Daniel Webster steals Henry Clay’s argument.

8. The Doctrine of Nullification states that states can set aside federal laws and, thus could overrule federal government laws and regulations and were not bound to follow them.8. The Doctrine of Nullification states that states can set aside federal laws and, thus could overrule federal government laws and regulations and were not bound to follow them. Cotton waiting to be picked up.