1. Do Now: To be completed SILENTLY & independently . . .
What impact did the Erie Canal have on New York State & trade within the United States?

2. Leading up to the election of 1828
Republicans from the Era of Good Feelings split into two camps
National Republicans - John Quincy Adams
Democratic-Republicans - Andrew Jackson

3. Andrew Jackson
John Quincy Adams

4. “Old Hickory”
Jacksonites - planter hickory poles for their “hickory-tough hero”
Jackson = rough frontiersman & a champion of the common man. Except he was a wealthy planter who owned many slaves
Denounced Adams - corrupt aristocrat & that the people had been thwarted (prevent someone from accomplishing something) by a backstairs bargain

5. “Oak” Adams Incumbent President
Adamsites - adopt the oak as the symbol of their oakenly independent candidate
Though he was an aristocrat (nobleman), was far from corrupt

6. mudslinging:the use of insults and accusations, especially unjust ones, with the aim of damaging the reputation of an opponent
Adams Supporters
Jackson’s mother was a prostitute & his wife an adulteress
Blackboarded handbills shaped like coffins, recounting his numerous duels & brawls and his hanging of 6 mutinous militiamen.

7. “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 number GENERAL JACKSON is one.”

8. Jackson Supporters
Pres. Adams purchased (with own $$) a billiard table & set of chessmen.
Jacksonites = “gaming tables” & “gambling furniture” for the “presidential palace”
Critics of the large sums of $$ he received over the years in federal salaries
Got a servant girl for the lust of the Russian Czar (he was a pimp)

9. And the winner is
Andrew Jackson with a 178 to 83 electoral count vote

10. Spoils System:the practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters.

11. While watching this video, you will be responsible for completing the questions on your worksheet.
Step 1: Skim through questions
Step 2: Watch video & respond to questions
Step 3: Review responses with seating partner
Step 4: Record out
Spoils System

12. Andrew Jackson Political Cartoon with 6 C’s worksheet
Closure/Homework