Born on the frontier in 1767.
Had no formal education.
Held a variety of Jobs.
Andrew
Jackson
Became a self made wealthy planter.
Nickname "Old Hickory" for his toughness.
Andrew Jackson
Was a General
Indian fighter
and Statesman
Election of 1824
John Q. Adams represented the Northeastern states and received 84 electoral votes
William H. Crawford represented the South Eastern states and received 41 electoral votes.
Andrew Jackson represented the western states and received 99 electoral votes
Henry Clay was a national candidate and received 37 electoral votes.
Favorite Son Candidate
No candidate had enough electoral votes so the House elects from the top three candidates.
Jackson upset over Adams and Clay deal.
Jackson resigns from the Senate to campaign for the 1828 election.
Andrew Jackson
He forms the Democratic-Republican Party.
Election of 1828.
Election of 1828
Jackson defeats Adams despite the fact that the wealthy are scared of him and his policies.
King Mob
Importance
Importance of Jackson’s election
Average man now feels he has as much power as the rich.
Importance
Jackson is the first average man to be President.
Western states now are a strong force in national politics.
Importance
Jackson is first President from a non-coastal state.
Small farmers and southern plantation owners are a political force.
Importance
This shows a growth in political democracy.
AJ’s Government
Three Principles
1. Greater political democracy
2. To preserve the nation at any cost.
3. To increase the power of the President.
Spoils System
To the victor belongs the spoils.
Policy of placing your supporters in office (even if not qualified).
Spoils System
Believed these were simple duties that could be done by anyone.
Put more people in office and changed them more often.
Spoils System
Led to an abuse of the federal payroll. People knew thy would only be in office a short time so they got what money they could.
Kitchen Cabinet
A group of unofficial advisors that met the Pres.. in secret.
Usually in the White House Kitchen late at night.
Kitchen Cabinet
He was mad at his official cabinet because of their wives behavior and refused to meet with them.
Indian Policy
Believed all to be savages and wanted to move them to the west.
Resettlement Act of 1830.
Resettlement Act
All Indian Tribes would be moved west of the Mississippi River.
Supreme Court
Supreme Court rules in favor of the Cherokee Nation.
Indian Problems
5 civilized tribes of the Southeast(Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaw, Cherokees, Seminoles).
Cherokees were the most civilized tribe.
Cherokee
Own written language, government, laws, courts, constitution, schools, many were plantation owners with slaves.
Gold in N. Georgia
Gold discovered in the Cherokee Nation.
AJ orders the Cherokee moved.
Cherokee sue AJ in Supreme Court.
Trail of Tears
AJ has them moved anyway.
Known as Trail of Tears.
Other Tribes
Creeks, Choctaws, and Chickasaws all sign treaties and move.
Other Tribes
Seminoles are defeated in 1842 during the Seminole War and moved.
Andrew Jackson
Fights for the Common Man
Did away with the National Bank because he believed it gave the rich too much power.
National Bank
Took federal funds from the National Bank and put them in private banks called "Pet Banks".
National Bank
Believed the farmers and common people would get loans more easily if the money were in local banks.
Tariff of 1828
AJ said they could not do this and fights with South Carolina and Vice Pres.. Calhoun
Was known in the south as the Tariff of Abomination.
South Carolina declares the federal law null and void.
Tariff of 1828
Compromise Tariff of 1833 gradually lowered tariff rates over a ten year period make south happy with exports.
Tariff of 1833
Northern manufactures happy by protection their factories from foreign imports .
Andrew Jackson
AJ had succeed in holding the country together.
Election of 1832
Jackson wins big over Clay.
Election of 1836 Jackson announces retirement.
Election of 1836
Jackson chooses Martin Van Buren as the candidate.
Known as the "Sly Fox"
Van Buren
Opposition tries to use several candidates to split the vote.
Van Buren wins easily.
Panic of 1837
A minor depression of the economy.
Pet Banks of AJ now control the money supply.
Panic of 1837
Pet Banks allow too much in circulation causing value to drop.
People begin to take money away from the banks and many banks fail.
Panic of 1837
Van Buren is Blamed.
Election of 1840
Whig Party nominates William Henry Harrison.
Harrison is a war hero of 1812 and Indian Fighter.
Harrison
Won big victory at Tippacanoe Creek in 1811.
John Tyler is chosen as running mate.
Whig Party
Campaign slogan is "Tippacanoe and Tyler too."
Depression the only issue with Van Buren receiving the blame.
Whig Party
Campaigns on Harrison was a poor man and build campaign headquarters like log cabins.
Harrison
Attempts to remind people of Jackson.
Wins Presidency but gets sick and dies after only being President for 1 month
