JACKSONIAN ERA 1824 1840 AGE OF JACKSON ELECTION

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JACKSONIAN ERA 1824 -1840

JACKSONIAN ERA 1824 -1840

AGE OF JACKSON: ELECTION OF 1824 • CANDIDATES – NORTHEAST – SOUTH – WEST

AGE OF JACKSON: ELECTION OF 1824 • CANDIDATES – NORTHEAST – SOUTH – WEST • ISSUES • RESULTS: “Corrupt Bargain” ? ? • PRESIDENCY OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS – Did not believe public opinion should influence government policies. ? ? ? – Created the Department of the Interior – 1 st to hold regular Presidential News Conferences – Signed the Tariff of 1828 (Tariff of Abominations) – Proposed: (failed to pass) • National Observatory • National University

MARKET REVOLUTION: 1805 -1830 • TRANSPORTATION REVOLUTION: • • RIVER TRAFFIC—STEAM BOAT ROAD CONSTRUCTION

MARKET REVOLUTION: 1805 -1830 • TRANSPORTATION REVOLUTION: • • RIVER TRAFFIC—STEAM BOAT ROAD CONSTRUCTION – TOLL ROADS – TURNPIKES – NATIONAL ROAD • CANALS – ERIE CANAL • RAILROADS – PETER COOPER – “BEST FRIEND OF CHARLESTON” • RISE OF NEW YORK CITY • INDUSTRIALIZATION: • • • TEXTILES—Samuel Slater, Moses Brown CORPORATIONS LABOR SYSTEMS – WALTHAM-LOWELL – RHODE ISLAND SYSTEM – ORGANIZED LABOR

OTHER FACTORS THAT LED TO AN EXPANDING AMERICAN ECONOMY 1815 -1840 • • •

OTHER FACTORS THAT LED TO AN EXPANDING AMERICAN ECONOMY 1815 -1840 • • • 1. POPULATION GROWTH – IMMIGRATION 2. AGRICULTURAL SECTOR – CHEAP LAND – URBAN MARKETS – UPLAND COTTON (SOUTH) 3. LUMBERING BUSINESS BUILDING MATERIALS – PAPER PRODUCTS 4. FUR TRADE – JOHN JACOB ASTOR – “MOUNTAIN MEN” 5. FISHING – NE: WHALING – CHESAPEAKE: CRABS – GULF COAST: SHRIMPING 6. TRADE WITH SPANISH (1820 S) – WEST TEXAS, NEW MEXICO

AMERICA’S CULTURAL CHANGES 1810 S-1860 S • 2 ND GREAT AWAKENING: – Frontier religious

AMERICA’S CULTURAL CHANGES 1810 S-1860 S • 2 ND GREAT AWAKENING: – Frontier religious movement – Charles Finney – Rise of Methodism, Presbyterianism and Baptists – Christianizing the slaves. • TRANSCENDENTALISM: – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau • REFORM MOVEMENTS: – Education – Treatment of the insane – Feminism – Prison reform

“ERA OF THE COMMON MAN” JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY • ELECTION OF 1828 – CANDIDATES –

“ERA OF THE COMMON MAN” JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY • ELECTION OF 1828 – CANDIDATES – ISSUES: Tariff of Abominations, Corrupt Bargain, personalities – RESULTS – CALHOUN’S “SC EXPOSITION AND PROTEST” • ANDREW JACKSON’S ADMINISTRATION – “COMMON MAN” JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY V. JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRACY – SPOILS SYSTEM “KITCHEN CABINET” (Eaton Affair) • MAJOR ISSUES: – 1. NULLIFICATION CRISIS Gen. Winfield. Scott • TARIFF OF 1828 • TARIFF OF 1832 • NOV. 1832—SC NULLIFIED THE TARIFF, EFFECTIVE FEB. 1, 1833 • Jackson stated…nullification is disunion and disunion is treason. • SC Governor—”If we don’t win over tariffs, then we will lose over slavery”. • Militia groups openly trained expecting an attack by Jackson. • JAN. 1833—FORCE BILL • JAN. 1833– TARIFF COMPROMISE OF 1833 – 2. BANK WAR • 2 nd B. U. S. chartered in 1816 -1836 -- Both a public and private bank in one. • Mc. Culloch v. Maryland, 1819—declared the Bank constitutional. • Panic of 1819—Jackson developed dislike and hatred for all banks.

MAJOR ISSUES CONTINUED – 1823 Nicholas Biddle—Pres. of the 2 nd B. U. S.

MAJOR ISSUES CONTINUED – 1823 Nicholas Biddle—Pres. of the 2 nd B. U. S. • Aristocratic, elitist • Foreign investors • Used the 2 nd B. U. S. as a tool to control reckless banking. – Small state banks were printing “unbacked” Bank Notes (reckless banking) – Threaten Bank runs. – – New Bank Bill introduced 1832 3 rd Bank of US-- Henry Clay Veto Election of 1832 “Bank War” • Pet Banks • Reckless Loaning • Inflationary spiral – Panic of 1837 • 3. INDIAN REMOVAL – – – INDIAN REMOVAL ACT 1830 TREATY OF DANCING RABBIT CREEK-1830 REMOVAL OF THE CHEROKEE 1829 GEORGIA STATE LAW 1829 CHIEF JOHN ROSS — CHEROKEE NATION V. GA, 1829 – WORCESTER V. GEORGIA, 1832 – TRAIL OF TEARS-1835 -1838 – BLACK HAWK WAR

ELECTION OF 1836 • NEW PARTY—”WHIGS” • ELECTION STRATEGY • CANDIDATES • VAN BUREN’S

ELECTION OF 1836 • NEW PARTY—”WHIGS” • ELECTION STRATEGY • CANDIDATES • VAN BUREN’S ADMINISTRATION 1837 -1841 – INHERITED FROM JACKSON’S PRESIDENCY • SEMINOLE WAR • ANNEXATION OF TEXAS

 • Van Buren continued: • “Caroline Affair” 1837 • Aroostook War (Potato War)1838

• Van Buren continued: • “Caroline Affair” 1837 • Aroostook War (Potato War)1838 -39 • The Amistad Trial 1838 • Panic of 1837 • Election of 1840 “Log Cabin Campaign” – Candidates – Issues/campaign – Results