Jacksonian
Democracy
For whom was
Jacksonian Democracy
named?
•President Andrew
Jackson
What characterized
American politics in
the Age of Jackson?
•A new democratic
spirit
Who participated in
American politics for the
first time during the Age
of Jackson?
•The American
masses
In what type of
government do the people
who are best qualified to
rule hold all the power?
•An Aristocracy
What is an
aristocrat?
•A member of the
ruling class
Define suffrage.
•The right to vote
What was universal
white manhood
suffrage?
•All adult white
males were eligible
to vote
What two voting
requirements did universal
white manhood suffrage
eliminate?
• Religious (church
membership)
• Property ownership
What is a national
convention?
• Members of the same political
party meet to choose that
party’s candidates for
president and vice president
How did Andrew
Jackson reward his
supporters?
•The spoils system
What was the
spoils system?
•Giving government
jobs to political
supporters
What was the biggest
criticism of the spoils
system?
• The best qualified
people did not get
government jobs
Why did Jackson distrust
the Bank of the United
States?
• Undemocratic
• Controlled by the
Eastern elite
Who made up the
Eastern elite during the
Age of Jackson?
•Wealthy
businessmen
How can a president
block a bill passed by
Congress?
•Veto it
What does it mean
for a president to
veto a bill?
•Reject it
What action did
President Jackson take
on the bill to recharter
the BUS?
•Vetoed it
How did Jackson’s veto of
the bank bill differ from
all previous presidential
vetoes?
• It was not based on
constitutional grounds.
What precedent was
set by Jackson’s bank
veto?
• Presidents can veto any
bill they don’t like.
What was the main
issue in the 1832
election?
•Jackson’s bank
veto
Who ran against
Jackson in 1832?
•Henry Clay
What was Henry
Clay’s political
party?
•National
Republican
What political party did
the National Republicans
become?
•The Whig Party
What was Jackson’s
main goal during his
second term as
president?
• Destroy the Bank of
the United States
How did Jackson
destroy the BUS?
• He withdrew all the
federal government’s
money from the BUS
What resulted from
Jackson’s decision to take
the federal money out of the
BUS?
• A major economic
depression
• Panic of 1837
What did white
Americans do to the
Indians during the Age of
Jackson?
• Beat them in wars
• Kicked them off their
lands
What did the Indian
Removal Act do?
• Forced Southeastern
Indians to move to a
new Indian Territory
In what present day
state was the new
Indian Territory?
•Oklahoma
What was the forced journey
of the Cherokee Indians
from their homes in Georgia
to the new Indian Territory
in Oklahoma?
•The Trail of Tears
What Indians were
on the Trail of
Tears?
•The Cherokees
What happened to
nearly 1/4 of the
Cherokees on the Trail
of Tears?
•They died.
What happened to other
Indian tribes during the
Age of Jackson?
• Forced to move to
Oklahoma
• Made to stay on
reservations
What happened to
American Indians
throughout the rest of
the 19th century?
• Forced to move off their ancestral
lands
• Kicked off their land
• Made to live on reservations
What was the main goal
of the women’s rights
movement during the
Jacksonian period?
• Women’s suffrage
• Or the right to vote
When did the
women’s rights
movement begin?
•1848
Where did the
women’s rights
movement begin?
• Seneca Falls, New York
What right for women
did the Seneca Falls
Declaration support?
•Women’s suffrage
Who were two of the early
leaders of the women’s
suffrage movement?
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• Susan B. Anthony