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A New Age in Politics

A New Age in Politics. What was the dispute over the election of 1824? What was President Adams unpopular?. Spirit of Equality. Alexis de Tocqueville from France came to study America prison systems Impressed by our democracy Wrote Democracy in America. Spirit of Equality.

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A New Age in Politics

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  1. A New Age in Politics What was the dispute over the election of 1824? What was President Adams unpopular?

  2. Spirit of Equality • Alexis de Tocqueville from France came to study America prison systems • Impressed by our democracy • Wrote Democracy in America

  3. Spirit of Equality • Suffrage: the right to vote • White males with property • Changed to any white male over 21

  4. Sprit of Equality • Women, natives, and majority of African Americans didn’t have right to vote

  5. Election of 1824 • John Quincy Adams: New England • Henry Clay: West • Andrew Jackson: West • William Crawford:South

  6. Election of 1824 • John Quincy Adams: National Republican • Son of second Prez • Graduate at Harvard • Served as secretary of state during war of 1812 • Very intelligent • High morals • Didn’t relate well to people • Came off hard and cold

  7. Election of 1824 • Henry Clay • Speaker of the House • Skillful negotiator • Good compromiser • However not as popular as Jackson

  8. Election of 1824 • Andrew Jackson • Hero of New Orleans • Old Hickory: “tough as hickory” • Slave owner • Born in log cabin to poor farming parents

  9. Who won?

  10. Election of 1824 • No clear winner in election of 1824 • Not candidate won a majority of electoral votes: more than half • Granted Jackson got the majority of popular of votes • Had to pick a president from top 3 choices • Clay was 4th he urged congress to pick Adams • Jackson was mad he wasn’t picked • “corrupt bargaining” • Hurt Adam’s effort to unify the nation

  11. Unpopular President • Many people unhappy about election and took it out on Adams • Wanted federal government to promote economic growth • Wanted internal improvements • Suggested building a national university • Most Americans didn’t wanted to spend there money on those things

  12. Election of 1828 • Andrew Jackson wins easily • Slander in the campaign “corrupt bargain” • Adams was an aristocrat:upper class • Warned he was a dictator like Napoleon Bonaparte

  13. Jacksonian Democracy • Shift political power to west

  14. New Political Parties • Whigs • Was national Republicans • Strong federal government • Supported tariffs • Democrats • Was Democratic Republicans • Wanted a weak government • Opposed tariffs, government spending,

  15. New Political Parties • Whigs • Tended to favor morals legislation, e.g. alcohol and Sunday work • Supporters • Eastern business • southern planters support • Protestants • Democrats • Skeptical about morals legislation, e.g., banning alcohol and Sunday work • Supporters • Frontier farmers • City workers • Catholic immigrants

  16. New Political parties • Political parties developed a democratic way to choose their candidates so the vote wouldn’t be split • Caucus: informal meeting to pick presidential candidate • What’s the difference between caucus and primary? • Nominating convention: delegates from states choose president canidate

  17. History Channel - The Presidents(America), Part 2, 1825-1849(part 1/5)

  18. Work Cited • http://faithmaps.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/andrew_jackson.jpeg • http://www.nndb.com/people/370/000026292/jqa.jpg • http://faculty.frostburg.edu/phil/forum/Tocqueville.htm • http://avhs-apush.wikispaces.com/file/view/Henry_Clay.jpg/44065919/Henry_Clay.jpg • http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/AndrewJackson(1).jpg

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