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Election of 1824 § Several Republican candidates ran § Three were favorite sons (supported by home states rather than national party) § Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, & John Quincy Adams § No one candidate received majority of electoral vote § House prepared to vote to decide § Clay & Adams made an agreement to use Clay’s influence as Speaker of the House to help get Adam’s elected over Jackson § John Quincy Adams was elected president http: //www. classbrain. com/artbiographies/uploads/john-quincy-adams. jpg

Election of 1824

Political Parties 1828 § Democratic Republicans § Supported Andrew Jackson § Favored states’ rights & mistrusted strong central government § Many Democrats were frontier people, immigrants, or city workers § National Republicans § Supported John Quincy Adams § Wanted strong central government § Supported federal measures, such as road building & a national bank, that would help the economy § Many were merchants or farmers

Two Candidates § § § John Quincy Adams Vs Andrew Jackson

Election of 1828 § Both parties resorted to mudslinging or attempts to ruin their opponents reputation § John C. Calhoun (Adam’s former VP) switched parties & sided with Jackson § Jackson won votes of frontier people & Southerners = won in a landslide

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What helped Jackson be elected? § Jackson became a national hero during the War of 1812 § His nickname was “Old Hickory” because he was as tough as a hickory tree § Jackson was seen as a “common man” and small farmers, craft workers, & others supported him § Suffrage, or the right to vote, had been expanded § Property requirements for voting were relaxed or eliminated

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Jackson Assassination Attempt

Spoils System § “To the Victor Goes the Spoils” § President Jackson replaced many federal workers with his supporters § Goal of the Democrats = shake up the federal bureaucracy § They thought ordinary citizens could handle any government job § Spoils System = practice of replacing government employees with the winning candidate’s supporters

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Kitchen Cabinet § Jackson put unqualified people in his Cabinet & did not meet with them § He met with other advisors in the kitchen of the White House. § These advisors became known as the Kitchen Cabinet

A Crisis Over Tariffs § Tariff: a fee paid by merchants who imported goods § Tariff of Abominations: name Southerners gave to the highest tariff ever § It was passed to protect Northern manufacturers from foreign competition (Americans were more likely to buy American-made goods) § South had to pay higher prices for European goods

How did the § South Protest the Tariff? V. P. John C. Calhoun argued that a state or a group of states had the right to nullify, or cancel, a federal law it considered against state interests § Some Southerners call for Southern states to secede, or break away, from the U. S. § Nullification Crisis John C. Calhoun § Nullification: the idea that a state had the right to cancel a federal law it considered unconstitutional § Congress (1832) passed a new lower tariff & Pres. Jackson had Congress pass a Force Bill, allowing military action to enforce acts of Congress http: //www. columbia. edu/itc/history/foner/jacksonian_america/week 5 -second_party/calhoun. jpg

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