Jacksonian Politics
End
of the Era of Good Feeling
Election
of 1820
James Monroe unopposed
Monroe did not designate an
heir
Election
of 1824
Andrew Jackson
John Quincy Adams
William Crawford
Henry Clay
House
of Representatives
Adams wins
“Corrupt bargain”
Party
splits
Adams – National Republicans
Jackson – Democratic
Republicans
American
System
Clay and Adams
Internal improvements
Election
of 1828
Mudslinging
Rachel Jackson
Nullification
Crisis
South Carolina
Growth of abolitionist
sentiment
Emancipation of slaves in
West Indies in 1833
Panic of 1819
Tariff of Abominations, 1828
John Calhoun, VP
Exposition and Protest
Nullification
Webster-Hayes debate
“liberty and union, now and
forever, one and inseparable.”
State’s rights
State’s sovereignty
Jefferson Day Dinner
Jackson, “Our Federal Union,
it must and shall be preserved.”
Calhoun, “The Federal Union,
-- next to our liberty the most dear.”
Martin Van Buren
Tariff of 18322 nullified
Force Act
Second
Bank of the U.S.
To expire in 1836
Panic of 1819
Tension with state banks
Election of 1832
Henry Clay, National
Republican candidate
Rechartering
Veto
Connections
between Jackson, industrialization, and frontier