THE AGE OF JACKSON
CHAPTER 10.3
WHAT I SHOULD KNOW AFTER WE
STUDY 10:3
• Andrew Jackson
• Suffrage
• Caucus
• Nominating
convention
• Spoils System
WHAT I KNOW
• 4:
I can explain to the class how the nation reflected a
growing sense of national pride and identity in first half of
the 1800’s.
• 3: I can explain why the Worchester v Cherokee
landmark decision affects Oklahoma
• 2:
I know why the Era of Good Feeling lasted for a very
short time in history and how America responded to the
revolutions in Latin America.
• 1:
I can explain how the three important Supreme Court
Rulings (McCulloch v. Maryland, Dartmouth College v.
Woodward and Gibbons v. Ogden) outraged States’
Rights advocates.
• 0:
I do not know how Americans built national unity and
a stronger national economy but I am ready to learn.
WHY IT MATTERS
• How did the people gain more power during the
Age of Jackson?
ADAMS AND JACKSON IN CONFLICT
• President from 1829-1837: 2 terms
• His presidency marked the era of change in
American political life
• Called “Age of Jackson” or “Jacksonian Era”
ELECTION OF 1824
• Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay,
William H. Crawford.
• Jackson won most electoral votes but not a majority
• Per Constitution, House of Representatives select
President if no majority
• Speaker of House Henry Clay persuaded House of
Representatives to vote for John Q. Adams
• Jackson furious!
• Henry Clay selected by Adams to be Secretary of
State
• Jackson yells “Corrupt Bargaining”
PRESIDENCY OF JOHN Q. ADAMS
• Broke from Democrat-Republican party to be
National Republic party
• Wanted federal government to play large role in
American’s life
• Wanted to support Clay’s American System and
build transportation systems and Universities
• Adams never really accomplished his dreams
because no public support
• Served only one term
A NEW ERA OF POLITICS
• Increased the right to vote by allowing all white
adult men to vote
• More ‘ordinary’ white males were able to hold
public office
DEMOCRACY IN THE AGE OF JACKSON
• Extending right to vote spread democratic ideas
• Jackson and his supported opposed special
privileges for those of high social status
• Wealthy were threatened by Jackson’s ideas.
Why?
• “the rich and the poor, the educated and the
ignorant, the polite and vulgar, all ….feed at the
same table.”
• Jackson did not trust government, the rich and
powerful.
• Hated the National bank! Why?
NEW POLITICAL PARTIES
• Age of Jackson brought Back two party system;
National Republicans and Democrats
• Democrat party we have today was born from Age
of Jackson
• In 1836 anti-Jackson forces formed a new party, The
Whigs
JACKSON BECOMES PRESIDENT
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Elected in 1828 in landslide election
Growing sectional and class division among voters
Victory for the “Common Man” per Jackson
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Inaugural Party was a brawl
THE SPOILS OF VICTORY
• Jackson replaced government officials with his
supporters
• Spoils system is the practice of rewarding
government jobs to loyal supporters of the party
that wins an election