Election of 1824

A Clash of Personal Ambitions

• Transition – Election of electors• Rivals sought to embarrass each other• First election to tabulate a popular vote

William H Crawford

John C. Calhoun

John Quincy Adams

Henry Clay

General Andrew Jackson

Adams For President

Clay gave Adams his votes for President

Clay became

Secretary of State

The Corrupt Bargain

Transportation Revolution

The Great Migration• Who should pay for improvements

• The National Road

• River Travel

• Erie Canal

• Consequences of the

Transportation Revolution

Travel by stagecoach

The Concord Stage

Dirt Road

Corduroy Road

Plank Road

Plank Road Tollbooth

MacAdamized Road1st Macadamized Road in the USA – The Cumberland Road

The Erie Canal

The Erie Canal Grainboat

The Erie Canal Packetboat

The Administration of John Quincy Adams

– Best prepared US President– Personality– Physical appearance– Politics

• “Corrupt Bargain”• First Annual Message to

Congress (State of the Union)• Showed Federalist roots

John McLean

• Postmaster General

• The postal network– Stagecoach lines– Transportation and communication

Foreign Policy

• Pan-American Conference– Haiti “Slave” Respresentatives?– Mexico– Cuba

Election of 1828

• National Republicans• Democrats• Dirtiest in US History!• Personal attacks

– ADAMS – A pimp for the Russian Tsar– JACKSON – Adulterer– Corrupt Bargain

• Jackson Wins• Rise of the Political Machinery

The Brand New

DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Andrew Jackson for President

John C. Calhoun For Vice President

The NATIONAL REPUBLICAN PARTY

John Quincy Adamsfor President

Richard RushFor Vice President

Murder: Jackson was famed for his incendiary temper and had led a life filled with violence and controversy. He had taken part in several duels, killing a man in a notorious one in 1806.

Adultery: Jackson was accused of adultery and vilified for running off with another man’s wife. And his wife was accused of bigamy.

Attacks on Jackson

Jackson had ordered 6 militiamen, who had fought in the Battle of New Orleans, executed for desertion.

October 18, 1828. We lay this far-famed handbill before our readers today. We have two reasons for doing so. Many of them have never yet seen it-this is one reason. The other is, that the Jacksonites call it an infamous bill, and pronounce all its statements false. It is neither infamous nor false. If there be any infamy connected with it, that infamy should attach to General Jackson-for, however black-however appalling this bill may appear, it presents but an inadequate representation of the still blacker and still more appalling acts of this violent and vindictive man. . .

Secretary of State Henry Clay sewing Andrew Jackson’s mouth shut

Attacks on AdamsElitist: The son of founding father and second president John Adams, began his career in public service by working as the secretary to the American envoy to Russia when he was still a teenager. He had an illustrious career as a diplomat, which formed the basis for his later career in politics.

Pimp The supporters of Andrew Jackson began spreading a rumor that Adams, while serving as American ambassador to Russia, had procured an American girl for the sexual services of the Russian czar. The attack was no doubt baseless, but the Jacksonians delighted in it, even calling Adams a “pimp” and claiming that procuring women explained his great success as a diplomat.

Spendthrift: Adams was also attacked for having a billiard table in the White House and allegedly charging the government for it. It was true that Adams played billiards in the White House, but he paid for the table with his own funds.

How the Candidates Reacted to the AttacksJohn Quincy Adams reacted by refusing to get involved with the campaign tactics. He was so offended by what was happening that he even refused to write in the pages of his diary from August 1828 until after the election. Jackson, on the other hand, was so furious about the attacks on himself and his wife that he got more involved. He wrote to newspaper editors giving them guidelines on how attacks should be countered and how their own attacks should proceed.

Jackson’s Reaction to the Jackass comments

1828 ELECTION RESULTS

The Jackson Journal Article:

You are sitting in a restaurant in 1828 and overhear a heated conversation in the booth next to you. The two men are arguing about their support of the presidential candidates. One is a Adams supporter and the other supports Jackson.

Write the conversation. One Full Page

1828 CAMPAIGN NEWSPAPER

You have just invested an enormous amount of money on a printing press to publish a newspaper and must now sell papers to the local townsfolk. The best way for you to sell them is to support a presidential candidate in 1828 and appeal to their supporters.

1 - Select a candidate to support2 – Choose an election issue or two and write a headline then support it in your newspaper.

You can include images, drawings, and political cartoons.

The Jackson Administration

Spoils System•To the victor go the spoils•Jackson gave cushy government Jobs and contracts to his politicalFriends and supporters

Tariff of Abominations1827

•High tariff on imported goods

Nullification Crisis1828

•South Carolina is angryAbout the tariff and Threatens to secede

Nullification Crisis1828•High tariff on imported goods•South Carolina is angry and Threatens to secede•Jackson threatened to invade•Crisis resolved by Henry Clay (lowered the tariff)

Veto of the National Bank1832

•McCullough v Maryland – Congress could create a national bank to deposit US funds•Jackson hated the bank and Vetoed•Federal $ moved to state banks

President Andrew Jackson killing the monster (the National Bank)

Peggy EatonAffair 1831

The Whig Party1832

The “Anti King”

Political Party

Henry Clay

INDIAN REMOVAL

POLICY

IntoleranceTo not accept the opinions or rights of a group of people.

In the case of Indian removal, Andrew Jackson was intolerant of the rights of the various Indian Nations to occupy their own lands because they were considered savages who were in the way of progress.

StereotypeAn assumed and often wrong impression of a group of people

In the case of Indian removal, Indians were considered savages who were incapable of becoming civilized.

Indian Removal Act

Law signed by President Jackson which forced the Indian Nations to surrender their homelands and relocate to Indian Territory (Present day Oklahoma)

INDIAN TERRITORYCirca 1830

Blackhawk

Leader of the Sauk/Fox Indians banished from Illinois and Wisconsin

Osceola

Leader of the Second Seminole War

Sequoya

ᏎᏉᏯ

Cherokee who created the written Cherokee language

The Cherokee

Nation

The Trail of Tears

Jackson “Hero or Villain” Essay Assignment

You must now decide whether you believe Andrew Jackson was a hero or villain based upon what you have learned about the Jacksonian Era..

This assignment is about your character. Imagine your character is writing a letter to Andrew Jackson. You must explain to the resident why you support or despise him based on the facts taught in class.

This assignment is a RAFT assignment (Role, Audience, Format, Topic) and should be written in letter format.

Role: Your Journal character

Audience: President Andrew Jackson

Format: A letter

Topic: Explain to the President whether you think he is a hero or villain