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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 6 th President

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 6 th President. Accused of “corrupt bargaining” which followed him the remainder of his presidency. Won in hotly contested battle with Andrew Jackson, after Henry Clay used his influence to defeat Jackson. Wanted to expand

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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 6 th President

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  1. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS6th President • Accused of “corrupt • bargaining” which • followed him the • remainder of his • presidency • Won in hotly contested • battle with Andrew • Jackson, after Henry • Clay used his influence • to defeat Jackson • Wanted to expand • government’s role and • made enemies in • Congress • After taking part in a • campaign of “mud- • slinging in 1828, lost • the election to Andrew • Jackson

  2. Background • Born in poverty in frontier • Self-made man • Lawyer • Hero of Battle of New Orleans • Known as “Old Hickory” • Disliked Indians • Politics • Helped develop new • Democratic-Republican party • (Democratic) • Became known as the • President for the common man ANDREW JACKSON7th President (1828) • His administration began: • Kitchen Cabinet: Trusted friends and supporters who met with him in the White House kitchen • Spoils System: Practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs • Bank of the United States • Distrusted it as an organization of wealthy Easterners • 1832, vetoed bank recharter • 1836, refused new charter, bank closed

  3. NULLIFICATION CRISIS 1828 • Occurred when a law was passed raising tariffs. • North favored • South opposed; called it “Tariff of Abominations” • Nullification Act: Vice President, John C. Calhoun, led “states’ righters” in South Carolina to nullify (cancel) the law • South Carolina threatened to secede (split) from the Union • Force Bill: Jackson passed bill which allowed the president to use the military to enforce acts of Congress.

  4. JACKSON’S INDIAN POLICY Background: The Five Civilized Tribes of Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Seminole, tried living in peace with whites in the Southeast Region. Planters and settlers wanted them out. Indian Removal Act: 1830 law, urged by President Jackson, which allowed the federal government to pay Native Americans to move west. Most accepted payment, and moved to the Indian Territory created in 1834 in present day Oklahoma. Seminole Tribes: Of Florida, were the only Native Americans to successfully resist their removal. Led by Chief Osceola, and joined by runaway African Americans, they fought American troops until 1842. Government then allowed some to remain in Florida.

  5. TRAIL OF TEARS(Cherokee Nation) • Treaties in the 1700s made it a sovereign (independent) nation within Georgia • Sequoya invented the Cherokee alphabet. • Had schools, a newspaper, a constitution, and farmed some of Georgia’s richest land • Gold discovered in 1829 caused miners, settlers, and land speculators to want the land

  6. TRAIL OF TEARS(Sequoya) American Name George Guess Cherokee Alphabet

  7. TRAIL OF TEARS(Cherokee Refusal) • Refused to leave their land • Sued the state government • Took their case to Supreme Court and won • President Jackson ignored the Supreme Court ruling New Echota Cherokee Capital (New Echota Historic Site)

  8. TRAIL OF TEARS(The Event) • Jackson sent General Winfield Scott and 7,000 federal troops to remove the Cherokee. • Cherokee gave in rather than face destruction • March to the west was harsh and thousands died on the journey Nunna daul Tsuny – “Trail where they cried”

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