Jacksonian Democracy
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Jacksonian Democracy Andrew Jackson’s election to the presidency in 1828 brought a new era of popular democracy
Key Terms Nominating Conventions Jacksonian Democracy Democratic Party Spoils System Kitchen Cabinet Key People John C. Calhoun Martin Van Buren Key Vocabulary and Key People
A New Kind of President • As the Country Continued to Expand, the rise of the Lower and middle class saw the wealthy gaining more power in fewer Numbers • The New Lower and Middle Class Also saw their influence in government Shrinking • Small farmers, Frontier Settlers, and Slave owners turned to War Hero Andrew Jackson to defend their rights
Democracy Battle Jacksonian Democracy • MORE public involvement in Government • Voting EXPANDED to all white males • Limited government with a STRONGER executive Branch Jeffersonian Democracy • Government by an EDUCATED few • Voting restricted to PROPERTY OWNERS • Limited Government
Dirty Politics • In the Election of 1824 FOUR men ran for president With Andrew Jackson winning the MOST popular vote but NOT the majority of the Electoral College • The House of Representatives would choose the winner and Henry Clay would throw his votes to John Quincy Adams • When JQ Adams named Henry Clay his Secretary of State Andrew Jackson would call it a corrupt bargain and plan his run for president in 1828
We’re Having a Party • As Jackson’s Popularity Rose, Voting expanded to include more white males but abolished the voting power of free blacks • Nominating conventions replaced Party leaders in choosing their presidential nominee expanding voting rights • The Expansion of Democracy would be known as Jacksonian Democracy
Banana Splits • Jackson and J.Q. Adams continued to split the Democratic-Republican Party creating TWO political parties, the Democratic Party and National Republicans • Jackson appealed to the common man as J.Q. Adams was a wealthy politician • Jackson Would Choose John C. Calhoun as his running mate in a rematch of the 1824 election
Leader of the common pack • John Quincy Adams was seen as out of Touch with the Common man…Cold and uncaring • Jackson Was Described as Hot-tempered, Crude, and unprepared to be president • Jackson would win the election in a landslide with a record number of popular votes
A Real Man’s Man • Jackson was popular for many reasons: • He was NOT Aristocratic and led a life of hardships • He was a military hero in the Revolutionary war who escaped capture • He Built his own legal practice through hard work • He was a war hero in the War of 1812
Crowd Control • Shortly after the election Jackson’s wife Rachel died of a Heart attack taking a toll on Jackson • Jackson’s Inauguration brought together people of all classes in celebration • Jackson, the common man, would be a popular president from day one
I Guess Jackson left the Milk out of the Refrigerator all night or something • Jackson used the Spoils System to reward his political supporters with jobs in governmentincluding Martin Van Buren as his Secretary of state • He would also create a “Kitchen Cabinet” to advise him on other matters of politics
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