Andrew Jackson’s Presidency

1828-1836

Current President John Q. Adams 1825-1829 Republican Massachusetts

Election of 1824A Washington Elite

V.A Washington

Outsider

Election of 1824 J.Q. Adams vs. Andrew Jackson

Jackson wins popular vote

Does not have the electoral votes to win

HOR decided outcome Clay uses influence to throw Adams the election

Election Outcome Voting Restrictions

States begin to relax No more property requirement Greatly increases the # of voters for next

election

Democratic-Republicans officially formed Jackson supporters form party

John Q. Adams Presidency

• Some believed he allowed too much political control to be held by elites.

• Some objected to his support of national economic development on constitutional grounds.• Adams believed a strong, active central government

was necessary.• A national university.• An astronomical observatory.• A naval academy.

• Many Americans saw Adams’ vision of a might nation led by a strong president as a threat to individual liberties.

Land and Native American Policies

Land policies hurt Westerners Curb speculation of Western lands Seen as a way to impede western expansion

Supported rights of Native Americans 1825: government officials negotiated a a

treaty with a group of Creek Indians to cede their lands rights in GA Creek Indians appealed to Adams and Congress sided with the governor of GA

Current President

Andrew Jackson 1829-1837 Democratic-Republican South Carolina

Election of 1828 Jackson’s new style

Appeals to the Common Man

Focus on the negative

Why the increased democratization?

White male suffrage increased Party nominating committees. Voters chose their state’s slate of Presidential

electors. Spoils system. Rise of Third Parties. 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)

Key Issues in the Jackson

presidency

1. Tariff of “Abominations”and Nullifacation

3 Tariff of 1816 on imports of cheap textiles.3 Tariff of 1824 on iron goods and more expensive

woolen and cotton imports.3 Tariff of 1828 higher tariffs on imported raw

materials [like wool & hemp]. Tax up to 45% Supported by Jacksonians to gain votes from farmers in

NY, OH, KY. The South alone was adamantly against it.

As producers of the world’s cheapest cotton, it did not need a protective tariff.

They were negatively impacted American textiles and iron goods [or the taxed English goods] were more expensive!

Sen. Daniel Webster

[MA]

Sen. Robert Hayne[SC]

The Webster-Hayne Debate, 1830

1832 Tariff Conflict 3 1832 --> new tariff3 South Carolina’s reaction?3 Jackson’s response?3 Clay’s “Compromise” Tariff?

1832 Election Results

2. Native American Removal

3 Jackson’s Goal?3 1830 Indian Removal Act3 Cherokee Nation v. GA (1831)

* “domestic dependent nation”3 Worcester v. GA (1832)3 Jackson:

John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it!

The Cherokee Nation after 1820

The Trail of Tears

3. Slavery Jackson ignored the slavery issue because

he saw it as a means to industrial success

Did not react to the burning on anti-slavery pamphlets