1. Andrew Jackson as President
The Common Man’s Man Or
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

2. Election of 1824 or “The Corrupt Bargain”
Candidates Electoral Votes
John Quincy Adams (MA) 84
Andrew Jackson (TN) 99
Henry Clay (KY) 37
William Crawford (GA) 41
All Republicans
Nominated by State (favorite son)
Election thrown into the House of Representatives
Clay (Speaker of the House) supports Adams Adams appoints Clay Sec. of State
Jackson accuses Adams and Clay of a “corrupt bargain” and prepares of the election of 1828

3. Jackson as President 1829-1837 Old Hickory First Frontier President
Little formal education
War Hero – Battle of New Orleans
Short tempered
“King Mob” a party at the White House
Spoils System “To the victor, goes the spoils”
Rotation in Office
Graft and corruption
Veto Power – 12 times, only 7 vetoes from previous 6 presidents

4. Tariff of Abominations
1828 Tariff increased early tariffs
Bitterly protested against in the Old South
South opposed to Federal protection of industrial north at the expense of the south
South fears Federal interference with slavery
South Carolina Exposition written by V.P. John C. Calhoun argues nullification of tariff (Nullies)
Tariff of 1832 eases rates, but SC still not satisfied
SC nullifies Tariff and threatens succession if Federal government attempts to collect tariff in SC
Jackson prepares for military action against SC – Force Bill
Clay puts through a compromise tariff – ends crisis (for now)

5. Indian Removal Policy
Five Civilized Tribes – Cherokee, Creeks, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminoles
Cherokees assimilated into white society
Sequoyah – Cherokee alphabet
Legal Code, Slavery, Newspaper
Worcester v. Georgia (Marshall case)
Jackson supports Indian removal (for their own good) and defies Marshall’s decision
Trail of Tears – 4000 Cherokees die enroute to the Indian Territory

6. Trail of Tears

7. The Bank War
Jackson opposed the National Bank as detrimental to westerners and small farmers and elitist, controlled by Eastern monopolists
National Bank president Nicholas Biddle
Clay pushes a bank recharter bill through Congress 4 years before it’s due, which Jackson vetoes
Jackson defeats Clay in the 1832 election
Jackson removes federal funds from the BUS and deposits them in “pet banks”
Wildcat banks create a land boom and over-speculation in western land
Specie Circular – required public lands to be purchased with “hard” money leading to a bust in the speculative land boom and contributing to the PANICCCC of 1837

8. King Andrew I The Whig party emerged during
the Bank War from a coalition of
Anti-Jackson interests. Clay,
Webster and Calhoun became
the party leaders. Southern
States’ rightists, upset with
Jackson’s Tariff stand and north-
ern industrialists form a political
alliance to challenge Jackson’s
Democratic Party in the 1832
election. The term Whig was in
reference to the Revolution
Era party in Britain that opposed
George III and monarchies.

9. Tippecanoe and Tyler Too
Jackson’s VP, Martin Van Buren won the 1836 presidential election against Whig Henry Clay (poor guy can’t catch a break)
Paniccccc of overspeculation on canals, land, roads, slaves and railroads – dooms Van Buren
Whigs nominate W. H. Harrison (war hero) in 1840
Log Cabin and Hard Cider campaign
Harrison wins and dies 30 days after inaugeration
Return of the Two-party system – Democrats and Whigs
John Tyler (first to ascend to the Presidency as VP (“the accidental president”), policies more in line with Democrats than Whigs

10. Log Cabin Campaign

11. Democracy on the March
Suffrage rights expanded due to dropping of property qualifications
Western states granted more suffrage rights to white males
By 1820 older states were following lead of the west by granting more suffrage
Competition for votes drove reforms in voting
By 1840, 80% of white males could vote
Anti-Masonic – 1st minor party and 1st to use nominating convention
Candidates had to appeal to a broader base of voters
Free blacks were denied vote and political office and jury duty
Commonwealth v. Hunt – unions are NOT illegal conspiracies
Party loyalty and strait ticket voting became common
Wider suffrage broke the political monopoly of the elite
Voters identified with a national party