Increase in Democracy A Election of 1824 B

Increase in Democracy A. Election of 1824

B. The Age of Jackson (1828 -1836) Most Americans had previously been content letting the Aristocracy or landed males vote - the distinction between the common man and the aristocracy was decreasing and new states (to the west) were pushing for universal male suffrage while old states were lowering property requirements - By 1828 Jackson is elected as the common mans candidate

1. 1828 Election

1. Jackson and the Spoils System - Jackson believed the common man was capable of doing almost any gov't. job. He fired about 10% of gov't. workers and put people who helped him win office in those jobs - Thus the jobs went to the party that won the election

2. Jackson and the Bank of the United States Jackson distrusted banks as tools of the Eastern elites (aristocrats) He vetoed the recharter of the Bank of the United States in 1832 and beat Henry Clay in the Prez. Election who supported the Bank of the United States - He withdrew gov't. money and redeposit it in state banks (Pet Banks) his actions caused the

3. Nullification

4. Jackson and the Veto Jackson vetoed the re-charter of the bank of the US From that point on Congress always had to consider to possibility of the Prez. veto - Congress needs a 2/3 majority to overrule a Prez. - He vetoed more bills than any other president up to that point

5. Election of 1832

6. The Rise of the Whigs 7. Election of 1836

7. Panic of 1837 - Jackson's banking policies led to wildcat bankers that printed notes that they could not back up w/ gold or silver. When people tried to redeem the notes there were runs on the bank and the banks went out of business and about 1/3 of the population was put of work

8. Election of 1840

Creating American Culture I. Religion A. Second Great Awakening

B. Utopian Experiments 1. Mormons 2. Oneida Community

II. Reform Crusades A. Temperance B. School Reform

C. Abolition D. Feminism; roles of women in the 19 th Century

E. Criminals and the Insane

Grimke Sisters

III. Technological and Economic Growth

A. Agricultural

B. Industry C. Railroad

IV. Prosperity

V. Pastimes A. Newspapers B. Theater

C. Literature 1. Romanticism 2. Transcendentalism

VI. Painters - Hudson River School