Learning Goals: Learning Goals: Explain the issuesExplain the issuesappeared around appeared around the 1824 the 1824 presidentialpresidentialelection.election. Identify economic Identify economic issues that issues that increasedincreasedtension within thetension within thestates.states. Describe the issueDescribe the issueof states’ rights of states’ rights

from two opposing from two opposing points of view.points of view.

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Journal Question: Journal Question: If If you were to create a you were to create a political party what political party what issues would you focus issues would you focus on and what animal on and what animal would be your symbol? would be your symbol?

Explanation: Political Explanation: Political Party- an organization to Party- an organization to gain political power. gain political power. Andrew Jackson won the Andrew Jackson won the election of 1824 because election of 1824 because more people were allowed more people were allowed to vote. to vote.

• 1. 1. John Quincy John Quincy AdamsAdams was the was the candidate who candidate who was elected was elected president in president in 18241824 as a as a result of what result of what some some Americans Americans believed to be believed to be a corrupt a corrupt political deal.political deal.

Votes changed Votes changed when one when one candidate gave candidate gave Adams his votes.Adams his votes.

• 2. The 2. The Democratic Democratic Party was the Party was the political party political party that that opposed opposed control by an control by an educated elite educated elite and favored a and favored a strong strong executive executive branchbranch..

Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson believed that believed that future presidents future presidents should not be should not be elite landowners, elite landowners, like Washington.like Washington.

•3. 3. The idea of The idea of widening widening political political powerpower to to more of the more of the people is people is known as known as Jacksonian Jacksonian democracydemocracy..

Allowing Allowing more more people to people to vote game vote game them more them more powerpower

Andrew Andrew Jackson!Jackson!

•4. 4. The The spoils spoils systemsystem is is elected elected officials officials rewarding rewarding political political backersbackers with with government government jobs.jobs.

This politician is controlled by the This politician is controlled by the people that give him money.people that give him money.

• 5. 5. Northeasterners Northeasterners wanted public wanted public lands sold at lands sold at higher prices higher prices because they because they feared that cheap feared that cheap land might lure land might lure workers to leave workers to leave the Northeastthe Northeast..

Western Western land for land for sale.sale.

• 6. The doctrine of nullification was the 6. The doctrine of nullification was the idea that idea that a state could nullify a federal a state could nullify a federal law that it considered law that it considered unconstitutionalunconstitutional. . The political leader that supported The political leader that supported states’ right in the doctrine of states’ right in the doctrine of nullification was nullification was John C. Calhoun.John C. Calhoun.

• 7. 7. Daniel WebsterDaniel Webster was arguing that was arguing that States did not States did not have the right to have the right to nullify federal lawnullify federal law when he stated, when he stated, “Liberty and the “Liberty and the Union, now and Union, now and forever, one and forever, one and inseparable.”inseparable.”

Daniel Daniel Webster Webster steals steals Henry Henry Clay’s Clay’s argument.argument.

•8. The Doctrine of Nullification 8. The Doctrine of Nullification states states that states can set aside federal laws that states can set aside federal laws and, thus could overrule federal and, thus could overrule federal government laws and regulations government laws and regulations and were not bound to follow them.and were not bound to follow them.

Cotton waiting Cotton waiting to be picked up.to be picked up.