Post on 23-Dec-2015
After the War
• Tecumseh– Prophetstown– Battle of Tippecanoe– Gov. Harrison (future
President)– Battle of Thames
• Jackson– Battle of New Orleans
• Francis Scott Key– Star Spangled Banner
Era of Good Feelings (1815-1825)• Led to:– Hartford Convention– Monroe’s Election– War of 1812
• During:– Election of 1820– Avoided partisanship– Monroe Doctrine
• End of Good Feelings:– Panic of 1819 (we will see
more)– Missouri Compromise– Election of 1824
The American SystemHenry Clay
• Continued from Jefferson
• Sectional jealousy kept this from occurring
• Supported by North and East
• South never really on board b/c of other available markets
• Re-chartered Second Bank of the US for 20 years until 1836.
Land Act of 1820
• Smaller plots of land• Lower price for land• Response to Panic of
1819• Good for who?• Wildcat banks– State banks that issued
currency and loans for speculators.
– Not regulated by Fed. Gov’t
Missouri Compromise (1820) • Slavery Issue is
ignited• North/South
Split• Temporary
compromise• Missouri
slave/Maine non-slave
• 36°30’ line
Monroe Doctrine (1823)
• Limit European expansion into the Americas
• Allow for Latin Am. countries to gain independence w/out influence from Europe
• US gains influence and safety
Election of 1824
• The “Corrupt Bargain”• Clay, Crawford, Quincy Adams, Jackson• No candidate won majority of Electoral votes• Clay dropped out• Crawford had stroke• Quincy Adams vs. Jackson• Clay (Speaker of the House) used power to pull for
Quincy Adams• Quincy Adams becomes Pres. • Clay becomes Sec. of State
John Quincy Adams (president)• Tariff of Abominations
(1828)– Protective tariffs for Northern
industry– South was mad– Hurt Southern economy
• Nullification Crisis– See Jackson
• Native Policies– Did not support expansion
into West– Protected Cherokee rights in
GA./armed conflict
Election of 1828
• Second Party System– Sectional divisions in
Republican Party in Election of 1824
– Two parties form• Democratic Party • National Republicans
• First Modern Campaign– Negative Campaign
tactics– Literature– Buttons– Paraphernalia
Election of 1828
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hunters_of_Kentucky.ogg
Changes in Voting Population
• Analyzing Changes in Voter Participation, part 1 http://edsitement.neh.gov/sites/default/files/worksheets/AnalyzeChanges.pdf
• State Constitution changes http://edsitement.neh.gov/sites/default/files/worksheets/ChangeFranchise.pdf
• VOTER PARTICIPATION IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS BY STATE: 1824-1836 http://www.whitehousehistory.org/whha_classroom/classroom_documents-1828_k.html
Changes in Voting Population
• Analyzing Changes in Voter Participation, part 2 http://edsitement.neh.gov/sites/default/files/worksheets/AnalyzeChanges02.pdf
• Interactive Election Results for 1824 • Interactive Election Results for 1828 • Interactive Election Results for 1832 • Interactive Election Results for 1836
Jackson as President• Inauguration– March 4, 1829– First public inauguration– 21,000 attended– Post inauguration
ceremony held at White House-open to public
– "The reign of King Mob seemed triumphant.“ Joseph Story, Supreme Court Justice
Jackson as President• Spoils System
– rotation in office prevents corrupt bureaucracy
– System of patronage– replaced federal
employees with friends or party loyalists
– appointment of officials with no experience related to their responsibilities
• Tariff of Abomination• Jackson’s plan• North vs. South
(Webster vs. Calhoun)• “Nullies”/Nullification
Crisis– Calhoun Resigned as
VP– The South Carolina
Exposition and Protest
• Henry Clay=Compromise– Force Bill– Compromise Tariff
Jackson as President
• Native Policies• Indian Removal Act• Bureau of Indian
Affairs• Oklahoma = “Indian
Territory”• Trail of Tears-1838
– Forced from land by bayonet point
– 4,000 of 16,000 died