U. S. HISTORY Mrs. Martin
CHAPTER 11 SECTIONS 1 & 2
TODAY’S CLASS SCHEDULE
CH.
11.1 & 2 POWERPOINT NOTES VIEW STUDENT WORK/TEST TAKING STRATEGIES COMPLETE TEST CORRECTIONS/READ CH. 11.3
CH. 11.1 & 2: FROM ADAMS TO JACKSON
ONLY 1 POLITICAL PARTY—JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICANS IN THE ELECTION OF 1824, JOHN Q. ADAMS ELECTED PRESIDENT (RAN AGAINST ANDREW JACKSON & HENRY CLAY)
1816-1824
“CORRUPT
BARGAIN” HELPED ADAMS TO WIN (CLAY USED HIS POWER AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE) DIFFICULT PRESIDENCY (MANY DID NOT LIKE HIS IDEAS & DID NOT SUPPORT)
IN
THE ELECTION OF 1828, THE PARTY DIVIDED INTO TWO— DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICANS (JACKSON) & THE NATIONAL REPUBLICANS (ADAMS) JACKSON & HIS PARTY FAVORED STATES’ RIGHTS
IN
THE CAMPAIGN, THEY BOTH RESORTED TO MUDSLINGING (INSULTS TO RUIN REPUTATION OF OPPONENT) ALSO USED ELECTION SLOGANS, RALLIES, & BUTTONS TO HELP WIN
JACKSON
WON THE ELECTION BY A LANDSLIDE SMALL FARMERS, CRAFT WORKERS, ETC. LOVED JACKSON B/C OF HIS RISE FROM A CABIN IN THE FRONTIER TO THE WHITE HOUSE (PARENTS HAD DIED BY AGE 15)
A
SPIRIT OF EQUALITY SPREAD DURING HIS FIRST TERM AS PRESIDENT DURING THE 1820S, MANY MORE “WHITE MEN” WERE ALLOWED TO VOTE (WOMEN, AFRICAN AMERICANS, & NATIVE AMERICANS STILL HAD FEW RIGHTS)
PRES.
JACKSON FIRED MANY FEDERAL WORKERS & REPLACED THEM WITH HIS SUPPORTERS (CALLED THE SPOILS SYSTEM) A TARIFF DEBATE OCCURRED IN 1828 WHEN CONGRESS PASSED A HIGH TARIFF ON EUROPEAN GOODS
SOUTHERNERS
HATED THE NEW TARIFF B/C THEY TRADED COTTON FOR GOODS SOME WANTED TO SECEDE, OR BREAK AWAY FROM THE U.S. DID A STATE HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO ITS OWN WAY?
THEY
BELIEVED IN STATES’ RIGHTS…STATES HAVE RIGHTS & POWERS THAT ARE INDEPENDENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NO ONE KNEW WHERE PRES. JACKSON STOOD ON THE ISSUE OF STATES’ RIGHTS
FINALLY
HE DECLARED, “OUR FEDERAL UNION MUST BE PRESERVED.” SOUTH WAS OUTRAGED THE UNION SEEMED ON THE VERGE OF SPLITTING APART SOUTH CAROLINA PASSED THE NULLIFICATION ACT
THEY
SAID THEY WOULD NOT PAY THE “ILLEGAL” TARIFFS OF 1828 & 1832 & THREATENED TO SECEDE IF GOV’T INTERFERED TO EASE THE CRISIS, JACKSON SUPPORTED A COMPROMISE BILL PROPOSED BY HENRY CLAY
LOWERED THE
TARIFF BUT THE FORCE BILL WAS PASSED TO ALLOW THE PRES. TO USE THE MILITARY TO ENFORCE ACTS OF CONGRESS FEDERAL GOV’T WOULD NOT ALLOW A STATE TO GO ITS OWN WAY WITHOUT A FIGHT