US HISTORY
Chapter 12 - The Jackson Era
1824-1845
Lesson 1 – Jacksonian Democracy
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Election of 1824
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Four Candidates
Andrew Jackson (TN – 99 Electoral Votes)
 John Quincy Adams (MA – 84 Electoral Votes)
 William Crawford (GA – 41 Electoral Votes)
 Henry Clay (KY – 37 Electoral Votes)
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Corrupt Bargain
Jackson won popular vote by large margin
 No one won a majority of the electoral vote
 Clay (Speaker of the House) supported Adams, Adams
won, Adams then named Clay his Secretary of State
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Lesson 1 – Jacksonian Democracy
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Election of 1828
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By the time of the election, the
Republican Party split in two
National Republicans – J.Q. Adams
 Democratic Republicans (Democrats) –
A. Jackson
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Campaign b/w the two was nasty –
“mudslinging” was first used
 Jackson won in a landslide...Electoral
Vote Results = 178-83
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Lesson 1 – Jacksonian Democracy
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Jackson as President
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Unusual inauguration - many
“commonfolk” instead of upper
class
known as the “People’s President”
Jackson named many of his
supporters to govt. positions
This became known as spoils
system
Jackson’s Cabinet - “Kitchen
Cabinet”
Lesson 2 – Conflicts Over Land
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Moving Native Americans
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Americans wanted
Natives east of the
Mississippi River to leave
Settlers wanted this land
to farm
President Jackson
supported this
Lesson 2 – Conflicts Over Land
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Indian Removal Act
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Passed in 1830
Paid many Native
Americans to
leave and move
west
Indian Territory
(present-day OK)
created in 1834
for Native
Americans from
the Southeast
Lesson 2 – Conflicts Over Land
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Cherokee Nation
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Found in GA, AL, NC, TN
Had treaties with
federal government
from the 1790’s
recognizing them as a
separate nation
State of Georgia refused
to recognize this
Lesson 2 – Conflicts Over Land
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Cherokee Nation
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Cherokee go to
Supreme Court and won
President Jackson still
removed them
Journey out became
known as “Trail of
Tears”…many deaths &
illnesses