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Essential Question:
Champion of
the
“Common Man”?
OR
“King”
Andrew?
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Voting Requirements
in the Early 19c
Voter Turnout: 1820 - 1860
Why Increased Democratization?
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White male suffrage increased
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Party nominating committees.
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Voters chose their state’s slate of Presidential
electors.
Popular campaigning (parades, rallies, floats,
etc.)
Two-party system returned in the 1832
election:
 Dem-Reps  Natl. Reps.(1828)  Whigs
(1832)  Republicans (1854)
 Democrats (1828)
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Jackson support of American System (i.e. internal
improvements)
Rachel Jackson
Final Divorce Decree
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Jackson in Mourning for His Wife
1828 Election Results
The New “Jackson Coalition”
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The Planter Elite in the
South
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People on the Frontier
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State Politicians – spoils
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Immigrants in the cities.
system
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Jackson’s Faith
in the “Common Man”
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Intense distrust of Eastern
“establishment,” monopolies, &
special privilege.
His heart & soul was with the
“plain folk.”
Belief that the common man was
capable of uncommon
achievements.
The Reign of “King Mob”
Andrew Jackson as President
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The “Peggy Eaton Affair”
Jackson’s Use of Federal Power
VETO
1830  Maysville Road project
in KY [state of his
political rival, Henry
Clay]
An 1832
Cartoon:
“King
Andrew”?
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1832 Election Results
Main
Issue?
The 1836 Election Results
Martin Van Buren
“Old Kinderhook”
[O. K.]
Photo of Andrew Jackson in 1844
(one year before his death)
1767 - 1845
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