Nationalism John Q Adams 1824 1828 Nationalism Democracy

Nationalism John Q. Adams 1824 -1828

Nationalism ● Democracy First became a popular term to describe American system of government o Popular Sovereignty o Society was less inclined toward aristocracy o

Nationalism ● Literature Portrayed lives of “common” Americans § Rise in literacy o George Lippard, Quaker City o Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth, Hidden Hand o ● Theater, melodrama

Nationalism ● Art, George Caleb Bingham, William Sydney Mount o “Paint pictures that will take with public, never paint for the few but the many” ● Hudson River School o o Landscape painters Primarily depicts the Hudson River Valley

Mount, Caught Napping

Mount, Bargaining for a Horse

Bingham, Jolly Flatboat Men

Durand, Catskills Hudson River School

Church, Niagara Falls

Nationalism ● Architecture was in the Greek style ● “Brahmin Poets” o o New England Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Oliver Wendell Holmes Ralph Waldo Emerson ● Novelists o o Nathaniel Hawthorne Herman Melville

Greek Revival

Nationalism ● Universal white male suffrage o Politicians began building statewide political organizations, Martin Van Buren ● Economy o How to handle the booms and busts of the market system? ● Emergence of the first labor unions

Clay, Calhoun, Adams, Jackson

Nationalism ● Election of 1824 Initially a crowded race § Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Adams, Crawford o No candidate won the necessary electoral votes o Adams won the election § Clay, Speaker of the House, nominated to become Sec. of State § “Jacksonians” called this a corrupt bargain o

Nationalism ● Adams had a challenging presidency Nationalist policies were blamed for the Panic of 1819 o Adams continued to call for increased federal activity o Adams supporters lost midterm elections o Jacksonians constantly and openly criticized the administration o

Nationalism ● Tariff of 1828 o o o Pressure for greater protection Really only unpopular in the South Tariff of Abominations