Jackson Years Election of 1824 Andrew Jackson Henry

Jackson Years

Election of 1824 • Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams run for Presidency • Jackson received the most popular votes, but not a majority of electoral votes • The House of Representatives must decide the next President • Clay convinced them to vote for Adams • Adams became the 6 th President • Adams appointed Clay his Secretary of State

Election of 1828 • New political party formed • Called the Democratic Party • Organized by Martin Van Buren

• Jackson Won • Jackson began Patronage with the “SPOILS SYSTEM” in which he gave jobs to his supporters and family • Jackson dealt with the “Indian Problem” • Indian Removal Act of 1830 – Removed Indians to western lands despite Supreme Court’s ruling that it was unconstitutional – TRAIL OF TEARS – Native Americans forced on an 800 mile journey that began in Georgia and ended in Oklahoma

Conflict in the Jackson • Protective Tariff raised in 1828 (before Jackson) • South (John C. Calhoun) called it the “Tariff of Abominations” • South forced to buy Northern goods rather than cheaper ones from Europe • John C. Calhoun felt that states had the right to nullify a law within their borders

• South Carolina threatened to secede • Congress Passes the Force Bill • Allowed the government to use the army and navy against South Carolina • South Carolina kept the tariff but nullified the Force Bill

Jackson and the Bank • Jackson waged war on, and defeated, the bank • The Whig Party was formed – they disapproved of Jackson’s Actions • Many believed Jackson had abused his powers as president