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The Age of Jackson. Table of Contents. Jacksonian C ontroversies. Jacksonian Democracy. Jacksonian Democracy. US HC 2.1 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Age of Jackson
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Electoral Vote99.5%Direct Balloting for PresidentState LegislatureVotersPresidential ElectorsPresidentThe Old System Indirect Election(Aristocracy)The New System Direct Election(Democracy)
By 1836, voters in all states except for SouthCarolina were castingdirect ballots for presidential electors.
South Carolina continued to select electors indirectly until 1860.
Which arrangements 5A Man of the PeopleJackson campaigned as a man of the people standing against corrupt bargainers like Adams.
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47%53%John C. CalhounVice PresidentI see in the fact that Mr. Clay has made the President against the voice of his constituents, and that he has been rewarded by the man elevated by him by the first office in his gift, the most dangerous stab, which the liberty of this country has ever received. I will not be on that side. I am with the people.
A Corrupt Bargain?Jacksonian Democracy
Belief in theCommon Man
Universal [White Male] Suffrage
Popular Campaigning
Which came first???
Jacksonian Democracy?
The 1828 CampaignCandidate-centeredNegative Advertising
Further Reading
Just Plain DirtySectionalismCandidate Promotion
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Source: White House Historical Association Artist: Louis S. GlanzmanThe Inauguration:Jacksonian Democracy in Action
Jackson-Dickinson Duel (1806)20
Assassination AttemptThe Story: http://www.americanheritage.com/people/articles/web21To the victor belong the spoils
Political Patronage
Government offices given to political supportersThe Spoils System
In memoriam--our civil service as it was, A Political cartoon by Thomas Nast showing statue of Andrew Jackson on pig, which is over "fraud," "bribery," and "spoils," eating "plunder." in Harper's Weekly, 1877 April 28, p. 325.
http://www.youtube.com22The Second Two Party System1790-1816FederalistsRepublicans1816-1824Republicans1828-1852National Republicans WhigsDemocratic Republicans Democrats1223 WHIGSThe 2nd Party SystemDEMOCRATSHenry ClayLeaders Andrew JacksonNationalisticFederalismStates RightsElitistAttitude toward the Common ManDemocraticYESMoral Reform?NOLooseConstitutionSTRICTGov. Involvement OKEconomyLaissez-faireNortheastSectional SupportSouth / WestYESNational BankNOYESInternal ImprovementsNOYESProtective TariffNO
AMERICANSYSTEM24Indian Removal
Trail of TearsCherokee Tribe25Jackson vs. the BankSecond Bank of the United StatesChartered 1816-1836
A Hydra of Corruption
Pet Banks27
The bank is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.-- Andrew Jackson Jacksons Veto Message
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30Political CartoonWhat does this cartoon say about contemporary opinions of Andrew Jackson?
321832 Presidential Election
JacksonClay
The National Bank was the central issue of the 1832 election.WINNERLOSER33NULLIFICATION1828-1833
35The American System
ClayTHREE PARTS:National BankInternal ImprovementsProtective TariffGOAL:
Economic Self-Sufficiency
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The Tariff of 1828Highest tariff rates ever passed by Congress
PROTECTIVEIn excess of $$$ necessary to finance the governmentThe Tariff of Abominations
Three Major Industries:
Commerce
Agriculture
ManufacturingWhich industry benefits from a protective tariff?The Tariff of 1828The Tariff of Abominations
House Vote on Tariff of 1828+-New England1623Middle States (Mid-Atlantic)5711West 2910South350Total10594Did the Tariff of 1828 provide for the general welfare?From Article I, Section 8The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties [tariffs], Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States
By this standard, was the Tariff of 1828 constitutional?
NullificationJohn C. CalhounVice PresidentSouth Carolina threatened to nullify the Tariff of 1828 Refused to collect the tariff within the states borders
The South Carolina Exposition [and Protest]
From the Kentucky Resolutionof 1798Resolved, That the several States composing, the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government and that whensoever the general government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force
JeffersonJacksons Dilemma
States RightsFederal AuthorityA ToastOur Federal Union: It must be preserved.The Union. Next to our liberty, the most dear.
Hayne-Webster DebateDebate in U.S. Senate concerning the constitutionality of Nullification
Daniel Webster (MA):liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!Anti-Nullification
Rhetorical victory for WebsterCongress authorizes Jackson to use force to collect the tariff in SC.
SC calls out militia
The Force Bill1832
Lowered protective rates
South Carolina acceptsThen nullified the Force Bill
CRISIS AVERTEDFor nowThe Compromise Tariffof 1833
The Great CompromiserHenry ClayMartin Van BurenDEMOCRATEighth President(1837-1841)New YorkThe Little MagicianPanic of 1837Panic of 1839
Van BurenElection of 1840Elitist Whigs RegroupTippecanoe and Tyler Too!
William Henry HarrisonThe Log Cabin Campaign
Whigs beat the Democrats at their own game.
Looks like democracy smells like democracy tastes like democracy
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