1. Election of 1828: A Democratic Revolution
APUSH - Spiconardi

2. Do Now:
Read the excerpt from Alexis de Tocqueville’s letter to Louis de Kergorlay and answer the following questions:
According to Tocqueville, what is the legal basis of American social equality and political democracy?
Why does Tocqueville doubt that democratic rule is a good thing, even in the United States?

3. The Election of 1828 Increased electorate Party Machinery
Due to the removal of the property requirement in all but two states, the electorate grew by more than 800,000 from the previous presidential election
In 1824, one-quarter of the electorate had voted
In 1828, more than half of the electorate had voted
Party Machinery
This was the first campaign/election in which political parties organized to promote their candidate
Local network of newspapers devoted to the party
Ensured voters went to polls on election day

4. The Election of 1828 Mudslinging
Like the election of 1800, the election of featured nasty accusations and rumors
Jackson portrayed as
Adulterer (Jackson believed this led to death of his wife, Rachel)
Murder
Execution of army deserter
Dueling
Adams portrayed as
A pimp
Too intellectual
Using government funds to purchase billiards table for White House
Vote for Andrew Jackson who can fight, not John Quincy Adams who can write.

5. I do not respect a man who can think of only one way to spell a word.
The Election of 1828
Jackson’s Platform
Eliminate national debt
Common man/man of the people
Indians should be pushed west of Mississippi River
Blacks should remain as slaves or be freed and sent abroad
Market Revolution was a source of moral decay
Wanted to restore Jeffersonian Democratic- Republican values
Vague on most issues
I do not respect a man who can think of only one way to spell a word.

6. The Election of 1828

7. The Inauguration of Jackson
The reign of King ‘Mob’ seemed triumphant