Age of Jackson

The Jacksonia Era

CPS

Cranston Public Schools

Essential Question

•Why is 1824-1840 known as the Jacksonian Era?

1824

1828

Election 1824

•John Q. Adams - North•William Crawford -South

•Henry Clay -West•Andrew Jackson -West

Deal of 1824

• no clear winner even though Jackson had more popular votes

• Election sent to House of Representatives

• Clay becomes Secretary of State

• Adams becomes president

Election 1828• Jackson runs for President

as a Democrat

• New voters in many states

• Law allowed all white males to vote

Election 1828

•Adams runs for reelection

•Jackson wins big

•The West has become a political part of U.S.

1828

Chapter 12-2Reading Review

•1. Jackson was a lawyer and landowner; later he was elected to Congress. He was a war hero.


•2. Jackson appointed many ordinary citizens (his own supporters) to government post.


•3. Jackson thought it was undemocratic and too powerful.


•4. The National Bank controlled loans made by state banks; it could limit the amount these banks could lend.


•4. The National Bank could limit what state banks could lend.


• 5. Clay and Webster persuaded its president to apply early for renewal of its charter so that the bank would be an issue in the 1832 election. Clay and Webster believed if Jackson blocked the renewal, he would lose the election.


• 6. Jackson vetoed the banks request for charter renewal. After Jackson won the election, he stopped depositing federal money in the bank. The bank closed In 1836.

Chapter 12-3Reading Review Questions

• 1. The tariff raised the prices on the goods they imported; southerners thought it was unconstitutional.


• 2. If states had the rights to cancel federal laws, the nation would fall apart.


•3. Move west of the Mississippi River to barren lands.


• 4. Loans state banks made to land speculators, the printing of money by state banks, the closing of banks, and the lowering of cotton prices because of a surplus crop.


•5.Tried to stabilize the banking system and cut back on federal expenses.


• 6. Candidates’ traveling and giving speeches, rallies, banquets, entertainment, and mudslinging.

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Age of Jackson