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Andrew Jackson. MORE DEMOCRACY!. More suffrage, or the right to vote , 21 Candidates chosen in National Party Conventions , instead of caucuses ( private meetings ) Candidates adopted platforms, or statements of beliefs as well as ideas - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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MORE DEMOCRACY! More suffrage, or the right to vote, 21Candidates chosen in National Party Conventions, instead of caucuses (private meetings)
Candidates adopted platforms, or statements of beliefs as well as ideas
Electoral college members chose by public primaries instead of by state legislatures
Spoils System Giving government jobs to friends, family, and political supporters
“To the victor, goes the spoils”
Worcester v. GeorgiaCaseGeorgia wants to remove Indians from their land
DecisionJohn Marshall rules the Cherokees are a separate nation & didn’t have to leave Georgia b/c they (Indians) had a FEDERAL treaty
States Rights – 1828
Vice President John C. Calhoun “Tariff of Abominations” Doctrine of Nullification
1. Nullify the law, would not be enforced within the state
2. The state would have the right to secede (withdraw) from the union.
40% TAX!!!
States Rights – 1832 Declaring the tariffs to be null and void,
secede from the union Treasonous, Hang Calhoun, send federal troops into S. Carolina
Force Bill of 1833 the Great Compromiser, repealed SSSW
RESULTS
Whig Party American system, protective tariff, federal system, national currency
England Martin Van Buren; “Old Tippecanoe” Harrison dies; John Tyler
Harrison
Van Buren
J. Tyler