1. Jacksonian Democracy 1828-1838

2. Major Issues/Concepts
Spoils System
Tariff of Abomination/ Nullification Crisis
National Bank
Treatment of Native Americans

3. Election of 1828 John Q Adams/Andrew Jackson rematch Adams
- From the Northeast (NY)
- Represented commercial interests in the northeast
- Favored a strong federal government
Political Party: National Republican
Jackson
From the West (Tennessee)
Represented farmers in the west
-Wanted a weak federal government & strong states
-Party: Democratic-Republicans
Negative campaigning (mudslinging)
Jackson campaigned on his frontier background, common man image, and fame as a war hero than on issues
Three times the number of voters participated in the election of 1828 as in the 1824 election
Jackson won, carrying every state west of the Appalachians

4. Spoils System
Fired over 2,000 government workers and replaced them with his supporters and friends
Believed it would allow normal citizens to come to power.
“To the victor goes the spoils!”

5. The
Nullification
Issue

6. Tariff of Abominations
Raised the tariff on
imported manufactured
goods.
The tariff protected the
North but harmed the South;
South said that the tariff was economically discriminatory and unconstitutional because it violated state's rights.
It passed because New England favored high tariffs.

8. Nullification? South Carolina Exposition:
which proposed that each state in the union counter the tyranny of the majority by asserting the right to nullify an unconstitutional act of Congress.
South Carolina threatened to secede if the tariff was not revoked;
Calhoun suggested state nullification as a more peaceful solution.

9. Force Act
Use of whatever force necessary to enforce Federal tariffs. Intended to suppress South Carolina's refusal to collect tariffs
Deny the right of secession to individual states

10. Kitchen Cabinet Unofficial advisers to Jackson.
Occurred after the Peggy Eaton Incident when Jackson purged his cabinet.

11. Jackson's
Native-American
Policy

12. A War Over and Land Opens Up
Northeastern residents and recently arrived immigrants flocked to the NW bringing their cultures and skills on farming and industry.
Small-Farmers sought opportunity to join the Cotton Kingdom by planting cotton on the new lands of the SW.

13. Indian Removal 1830  Indian Removal Act
Worcester v. GA (1832) The Supreme –
- Court decided Georgia had no jurisdiction over Cherokee reservations.
- Jackson ignored the ruling
Jackson: John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce It!

14. The Cherokee Nation After 1820

15. Indian Removal

16. Trail of Tears ( )

17. Renewing
the Charter
of the
1st National Bank

18. Jackson’s Use of Federal Power
VETO

19. The “Monster” Is Destroyed!
1832  Jackson vetoed the extension of the 2nd National Bank of the United States.
1836  the charter expired.
1841  the bank went bankrupt!

20. The Downfall of “Mother Bank”

21. An 1832 Cartoon:
“King Andrew”?

22. 1832 Election Results

23. The 1836 Election
Martin Van Buren
“Old Kinderhook” [O. K.]