Session 3:
Expansion and The Jacksonian Era
The Jackson Presidency

Class Objectives
• Define an Artistocracy and its role in politics and the election of 1824
• Compare the elections of 1824 and 1828 and how they resulted for Andrew Jackson
• Explain the tariff debate between Jackson and
Calhoun
• Explain the cause and effect of the Panic of 1837

Election of 1824
• Election of 1824- John Quincy
Adams vs. Andrew Jackson
• Jackson won popular vote but lacked electoral votes to be elected
• House of Representatives had to decide outcome
• John Quincy Adams- declared winner
• Jackson and his followers
(Jacksonians) accused Adams of stealing the Presidency
• Adams represented the Aristocracy
(class seen as best suited to run government)

Election of 1828
• Voting restrictions erased in 1828, Jackson represented the “Common Man” won election
• Jackson incorporated the “Spoils System” which led to Jackson picking his friends in government offices
• Jackson’s friends also became his cabinetknown as “kitchen cabinet”

Trail of Tears and Indian Removal Act

Tariff Debate: Jackson vs. Calhoun

Bank of the United States

The Panic of 1837

Check for Understanding
• What was the aristocracy and how did it benefit John Quincy Adams?
• What was the result of the election of 1824?
1824?
• What is the Spoils System?
• What was the Kitchen Cabinet?
• What were the major events of the Trail of
Tears?
• What was the Panic of 1837?

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