1. Andrew Jackson:
President:

2. Overview
Jacksonian Democracy: how is it different than Jeffersonian Democracy?
Emphasis on the uneducated common man.
4 Broad Trends
Rise in power/prestige of the common man
Democratization of the political process
Rise in the power/prestige of the Presidency
Decline in Nationalism—increase in sectionalism

3. Emotional, arrogant and passionate.
JACKSON THE MAN
Emotional, arrogant and passionate.
Dueled---could drink, smoke, curse and fight with the best of them
Lawyer, Judge, senator, general and finally President

4. William H. Crawford [GA]
Jackson’s Opponents in 1824
Henry Clay [KY]
John Quincy Adams [MA]
John C. Calhoun [SC]
William H. Crawford [GA]

5. A Striking Resemblance?
Dr. Evil
John Quincy Adams

6. “Corrupt Bargain”

7. The Election of 1824
ADAMS VS. JACKSON
Even with Jackson winning the popular vote, he had to win the electoral vote as well.
There were 261 total electoral votes and Jackson needed 131 to win the electoral vote and the election.
Jackson did not receive a majority of electoral votes to win the election.
Sent to the House of Representatives to choose the president.
261 electoral votes and 131 needed to win.

8. Jackson cries out corruption and calls this the “Corrupt Bargain.”
ADAMS VS JACKSON
corrupt
The Corrupt Bargain
Henry Clay gives his support to John Adams and the House of Representatives chooses Adams as the President.
Two weeks later, Adams appoints Henry Clay as his Secretary of State….
Jackson cries out corruption and calls this the “Corrupt Bargain.”
Jackson promises he would run again for the Presidency in 1828 and would smash Adams.

9. John Quincy Adams
One of the ablest men, hardest workers, and finest intellectuals ever in the White House.
Tried to promote not only manufacturing and agriculture, but also the arts, literature, and science.
But he lacked the common touch and refused to play the game of politics.
Most found him cold and tactless.

10. Why Does Adams Fail? Refused to build patronage Treated Indians fairly
Land policy curbs speculation
Victim of his own personality

11. NATIONAL REPUBLICANS/Whigs
New parties
POLITICAL PARTIES
AFTER ELECTION OF 1824
JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY
Political world changed during the New Democracy. Two new political parties emerge
NATIONAL REPUBLICANS/Whigs
Adams, Clay and Webster
Strong national govt.
Favored the BUS, tariffs, internal improvements, industry, public schools and moral reforms such as prohibition of liquor and abolition of slavery.
Best/privileged run the govt.
DEMOCRATS
Jackson and Calhoun
Believed in state’s rights and federal restraint (economic and social).
Favored the liberty of the individual, and were on guard against privileged people’s influence on government.
Protected the common man.

12. Growth of the 2nd Party System
By the 1820s and 1830s, new political parties arose — the Democrats, led, by Andrew Jackson, and the Whigs, led by Henry Clay — that disagreed about the role and powers of the federal government and issues such as the national bank, tariffs, and federally funded internal improvements.
New 2015 Standard added 4.1.I.C.

13. Rachel Jackson
Final Divorce Decree

14. Electionn of 1828 An American Tragedy
Election of 1828
An American Tragedy
Jackson and J. Q. Adams ran against each other for the presidency
Anti-Adams people accused him of giving the Russian Czar an American servant girl for a night…
Adams was accused of gambling in the White House.
One anti-Jackson newspaper declared,
“General Jackson’s mother was a common prostitute, brought to this country by the British soldiers! She, afterwards married a mulatto man with whom she had several children, of which one was Andrew Jackson.”
Adams gambling--(was a chess set and a pool table)
“J. Q. Adams who can write” squared off against “Andy Jackson who can fight” in the election of 1828, one of the most bitter campaigns in American history. Jackson’s followers repeated the charge that Adams was an “aristocrat” who had obtained office as a result of a “corrupt bargain.” The Jackson forces also alleged that the president had used public funds to buy personal luxuries and had installed gaming tables in the White House. They even charged that Mrs. Adams had been born out of wedlock.Adams’s supporters countered by digging up an old story that Jackson had begun living with his wife before she was legally divorced from her first husband (which was technically true, although neither Jackson nor his wife Rachel knew her first husband was still living). They called the general a slave trader, a gambler, and a backwoods buffoon who could not spell more than one word out of four correctly. One Philadelphia editor published a handbill picturing the coffins of 12 men allegedly murdered by Jackson in numerous duels.The Jackson campaign in 1828 was the first to appeal directly for voter support through a professional political organization. Skilled political organizers, like Martin Van Buren of New York, Amos Kendall of Kentucky, and Thomas Ritchie of Virginia, created an extensive network of campaign committees and subcommittees to organize mass rallies, parades, and barbecues, and to erect hickory poles, Jackson’s symbol.For the first time in American history, a presidential election was the focus of public attention, and voter participation increased dramatically. Twice as many voters cast ballots in the election of 1828 as in 1824, four times as many as in As in most previous elections, the vote divided along sectional lines. Jackson swept every state in the South and West and Adams won the electoral votes of every state in the North except Pennsylvania and part of New York.Contemporaries interpreted Jackson’s resounding victory as a triumph for political democracy. Jackson’s supporters called the vote a victory for the “farmers and mechanics of the country” over the “rich and well born.” Even Jackson’s opponents agreed that the election marked a watershed in the nation’s political history, signaling the beginning of a new democratic age. One Adams supporter said bluntly, “a great revolution has taken place.”
One of the worst elections in US History for its “mudslinging.”
As a result of this, Jackson’s wife Rachel, died of a heart attack just before he became President…He blamed Adams and Clay and never forgave them…..

15. Jackson in Mourning for His Wife
Tomb of Jackson and his wife. Over 10,000 people visited her, she wore her white inauguration gown

16. Why such a difference between the election of 1824 and 1828?
Election of 1824, 355,817 voted.
Election 1828, 1,155,350 voted.
Why such a difference between the election of 1824 and 1828?

17. Jackson’s Inaugural was a victory for the Common Man
KING MOB
No police officers had been placed on extra duty—just a few who had come to see the inauguration themselves. They were quickly overwhelmed by the crowd. People coming through the doors, windows, etc.
Jackson left early.
The way the White House staffers got the people out of the White House was to put tubs of punch on the front lawn and lock the doors behind the people as they left.
Jackson’s Inaugural was a victory for the Common Man
Thousands of commoners came to Washington, D.C. to see Jackson inaugurated……
Inaugural

18. The Outcome Personality trumps issues South and West in an alliance
Voters respond to emotion rather than intellect
Did this get more people to participate in elections?
Lowered to emotionalism
Does this appeal to the common man?
What about today?
Effect on voter turnout
1824: 27%
1828: 55%
1840: 78%
Discussion question: Is the tradeoff between more people participating in elections worthwhile if it comes at the expense of discussing the real issues?

19. Voter Turnout:
26.9
57.4
55.4
57.8
80.2
78.9
72.7
69.6
78.9
81.2

20. Champion of the “Common Man”?
Essential Question OR
“King” Andrew?
Champion of the “Common Man”?