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• Early life• Nashville Frontier• Rachel Robards• Horseshoe Bend• New Orleans• 1818 Florida • Hero of the

“common man”

The War of 1812

• Andrew Jackson• Winfield Scott• William Henry Harrison• Myth of the Militia• NATIONALISM

• John Quincy Adams and Florida• The Seminole War  

Alexander Arbuthnot and Robert Ambrister

• The “Era of Good Feelings” – John Quincy Adams and Florida

• The Seminole War• Adams-Onís Treaty 

• Andrew Jackson

• 1819 Adams-Onis Treaty

• The Election of 1824– Henry Clay– John C. Calhoun– John Quincy Adams– William H. Crawford– Andrew Jackson

"I feel much alarmed at the prospect of seeing General Jackson President. He is one of the most unfit men I know of for such a place. He has had very little respect for laws or constitutions, and is, in fact, an able military chief. His passions are terrible. When I was President of the Senate he was a Senator; and he could never speak on account of the rashness of his feelings. I have seen him attempt it repeatedly, and as often choke with rage. His passions are no doubt cooler now; he has been much tried since I knew him, but he is a dangerous man." Thomas Jefferson to Daniel Webster, December 1824.

• The Revival of Opposition  – Fall of the caucus– Selection of electors– Twelfth Amendment

• The Revival of Opposition  – The “Corrupt Bargain”

• Disputed Election

Candidate Electoral Vote

Popular Vote

House Vote

Jackson 99 153,544 7

Adams 84 108,740 13

Crawford 41 46,618 4

Clay 37 47,136 -

• The Revival of Opposition  – The “Corrupt Bargain”

• Charles Dickinson • Jesse and Thomas

Hart Benton

• Pronounced “Quinzy”

• The Revival of Opposition – The Second President Adams– Adams and Clay

• National Republicans

– Jackson supporters• Democratic Republicans or• DEMOCRATS

 John Quincy Adams (Library of Congress)

• Old Kinderhook• Nashville Junto

• The Revival of Opposition – Election of 1828– Martin Van Buren– Democratic Party– National, state and local

organization– Rachel

Andrew Jackson (Library of Congress)

Election of 1828Candidates

Party Electoral

Vote

PopularVote

Andrew Jackson (TN)John C. Calhoun (SC)

DemocratRepublican

178 647,286

J.Q. Adams (MA)Richard Rush (PA)

NationalRepublican

83 508,064

• The Rise of Mass Politics• Jackson Inaugurated

Mays 369

9-28

Andrew Jackson Travels to Washington

(Library of Congress)

Mays 369

9-29

Mays 369

9-30

• "I never saw such a mixture," said Joseph Story, then a justice on the Supreme Court: "The reign of King Mob seemed triumphant."

Mays 369

9-31

• The Rise of Mass Politics– The Expanding Electorate

• The Franchise

Expanded

Mays 369

9-32

Participation in Presidential Elections, 1824-1860

• The Rise of Mass Politics– The Expanding Electorate

• The Franchise

Expanded

Mays 369

9-33

Participation in Presidential Elections, 1824-1860

Mays 369

9-34

“Verdict of the People” byGeorge Caleb Bingham1855

Mays 369

9-35“Canvassing for a Vote” by George Caleb Bingham, 1852

Mays 369

9-36

“Stump Speaking” by George Caleb Bingham, 1854

Mays 369

9-37

“County Election” by George Caleb Bingham, 1851

Mays 369

9-38“County Politician” by George Caleb Bingham, 1849

• The Rise of Mass Politics– The Expanding Electorate

• The Franchise Expanded

Mays 369

9-39

• The Rise of Mass Politics– President of the Common Man

• The “Spoils System”• “Outline of Principles”

Mays 369

9-40

• The Rise of Mass Politics– President of the Common Man

• The “Spoils System”• “Old Mr. Norse”• Samuel Swartwout

Mays 369

9-41

• The Rise of Mass Politics– The Legitimization of Party

• The Two-Party System

Mays 369

9-42

• “Spoils System”• Cabinet

– Eaton Affair– Kitchen Cabinet

• Indian Removal• Nullification• B.U.S. Veto

Mays 369

9-43

Mays 369

9-44