The Rise of Mass
Democracy
AP Chp. 13
Henry Clay
[KY]
John Quincy Adams
[MA]
William H. Crawford
[GA]
Andrew Jackson
TN
Election of 1824
The “Corrupt Bargain”
John Quincy Adams
Election of 1828
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Republicans split
into two camps
Mudslinging…
Sectional split…
“Old Hickory”
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War hero & champion
of the common
man…
First president from
the west…
Spoils
System
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“Tariff of Abominations”
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1828…
Southerners hate the
tariffs….
Becomes a major
issue (part of state’s
rights) leading towards
Civil War…
Nullification
Crisis
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The South Carolina
Exposition – John C.
Calhoun
“Nullies”…
Andrew Jackson…
Henry Clay…
The “Peggy Eaton Affair”
Indian Removal Act (1830)
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Cherokee Nation v Georgia (1831)…
Worcester v Georgia (1832)…
Andrew Jackson: “John Marshall has
made his decision; now let him enforce it.”
Trail of Tears
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4,000 of the
15,000 will
die on the
trail
This “permanent
frontier” only lasts
about 15 years
The Bank War
The National Bank
Debate
Nicholas
Biddle
President
Jackson
Election
of
1832
An 1832
Cartoon:
“King
Andrew”?
Whigs: Anti-Jackson
Election
of
1836
Martin Van Buren
The “Panic of 1837”
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“Wildcat Banks”…
Specie Circular…
Crop Failures…
Two British Banks fail
and call in loans…
“Divorce Bill” …
Stephen Austin
David Crockett, Jim Bowie, Sam
Houston
Remember the Alamo!
Battle of San Jacinto
Election of 1840
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“Tippecanoe and Tyler
Too”
“Log cabins & Hard
Cider”
Whigs in Power
A changing nation…