Good Economic Times, Government Will Try and Take Some of the Credit… Bad Economic Times, Government Will Get the Blame!

Election of 1824 Major Candidates: 1)John Q. Adams 2)Andrew Jackson

Election of 1824 Outcomes No candidate won a 50% majority of the electoral vote House of Representatives gave the election to John Quincy Adams

Split in the Republican Party John Quincy Adams – National Republicans Andrew Jackson – Democratic Republicans

523-8 Roosevelt won 1936

Jackson Becomes President – First Term Issues 1)Spoils System 2)Kitchen Cabinet 3)Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears 4)Worcester v. Georgia (1832)

Jackson’s Second Term – Key Issues 1) States’ Rights and South Carolina Crisis (1833) – Protective Tariff 2) Second Bank of the United States 3) Pet Banks vs. Wildcat Banks 4) Formation of Whig Party

Van Buren’s Presidency BIG ISSUE 1)Panic of 1837 – led to the Depression of 1840

Whig Party Wins in 1840 William Henry Harrison Dies after about a month in office John Tyler Assumes the Presidency – finishes the term ( )