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Andrew Jackson as
President
Chapter 10, Section 3
Election of 1824
 Andrew
Jackson won the popular
vote and the electoral votes
– He did not have a majority though.
 The
House of Representatives would
now select the president
John Quincy Adams
 Henry
Clay talked the house into voting
for John Quincy Adams
 Adams becomes the 6th President of the
United States
Corrupt Bargaining
 After
getting elected JQA selected
Henry Clay to become his Secretary
of State.
 Many believed they had made a
‘corrupt bargain’ to win the
presidency
 The people of America were never
able to trust JQA after his election.
The Election of 1828
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In the election of 1828, the
Democratic-Republican political
party was divided into two separate
parties:
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1. Democrats
2. National Republicans
The Election of 1828
 Democrats
favored states rights and
did not trust a strong central
government. Most Democrats were
frontier men, immigrants and
laborers.
The Election of 1828
 The
National Republicans wanted a
strong central government. They
supported federal measures such as
roads, canals and a Bank of the
United States.
Candidates
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The Democrats supported Andrew
Jackson for president.
National Republicans supported
John Quincy Adams for president.
William Crawford of Georgia
Henry Clay
The Election of 1828
 During
the presidential campaign
both parties engaged in
mudslinging: attempts to ruin an
opponents reputation with insults.
 For the first time, political campaigns
used slogans, buttons and events
such as barbeques to arouse
enthusiasm.
The Election of 1828
 In
1828, Andrew Jackson won the
election by a landslide (an
overwhelming victory).
 He becomes the
7th President.
President Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was extremely popular
with the common people.
 After Jackson’s inaugural address on
March 4, 1829, a crowd of common people
filled the elegant rooms of the white
house.
 Jackson stayed to shake hands with
everyone.
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President Andrew Jackson
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Jackson had been born in a log cabin
His parents were poor farmers and died before he
was 15.
As a teenager, Jackson fought in the
Revolutionary War.
He had won two major battles in the War of
1812…Battle of Horseshoe Bend and the Battle of
New Orleans.
His troops called him “Old Hickory” because he
tough as a hickory stick.
He was an American success story.
President Andrew Jackson
New Voters
 During
Jackson’s term, the United
States saw an increase in suffrage:
the right to vote.
 The election of 1828 witnessed 60%
of the white male population vote.
 No longer did American citizens have
to be land owners in order to vote.
 Women, African Americans and
Native Americans still could not vote.
Crises in the South
 Americans
from different regions of
the country disagreed on many
issues. One such issue was the
tariff, a fee by merchants who
imported goods.
 Southerners in particular hated the
new tariff.
Crises in the South
 Vice
President John C. Calhoun
supported states rights. He argued
that states had the right to nullify,
or cancel, a federal law it considered
unfair.
 Many southerners called for the
Southern states to secede, or break
away from the United States and
form their own government.
Crises in the South
 Many
Southerners hoped that
Jackson would sympathize with the
south.
 In 1830 supporters of states rights
invited Jackson to speak at a dinner.
To their surprise Jackson said:
“Our federal union must be
preserved”
The Nullification Crises
 In
1832 the state legislature of
South Carolina passed the
Nullification Act which declared that
South Carolina would not pay the
tariffs.
 In addition, South Carolina
threatened to secede from the Union.
The Nullification Crises
In response to the actions of South
Carolina, Jackson persuaded Congress to
pass the Force Bill.
 In other words, the president could use
military force to enforce the acts of
Congress….Jackson threatened to send the
military into South Carolina if they choose
to secede.
 Needless to say, South Carolina quickly
backed down.
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