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Andrew Jackson's Presidency: Impact on American Democracy

Discover Andrew Jackson's election of 1824, Jacksonian Democracy, Democratic Party creation, inauguration riots, spoils system, tariff conflicts, Bank of the United States battle, and Indian Removal Policy. Learn about the Trail of Tears and its tragic consequences.

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Andrew Jackson's Presidency: Impact on American Democracy

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  1. Chapter 14:Andrew Jackson and the Growth of American Democracy Mr. Meza 8th Grade U.S. History

  2. Andrew Jackson

  3. Election of 1824

  4. Election of 1824 • Electoral Votes: 261 • Electoral Votes needed to secure victory: 131 • 12th amendment in effect: House of Representatives elects president • Andrew Jackson wins popular vote but not enough electoral votes to win election

  5. Consequence

  6. 12th amendment • -the person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote

  7. Election of

  8. 1. What is Jacksonian Democracy? • The idea that the common people should control the government

  9. 2. What happened between the elections of 1824 and 1828? • Jackson’s supporters came together and created the Democratic Party

  10. 3. What happened in the inauguration of Andrew Jackson? • The celebration turned into a near riot • Violence broke out

  11. 4. The election of 1828 shifted power to what group of people? • Farmers, shopkeepers, and small business owners who supported President Jackson

  12. 5. What are civil servants? • An employee of the government

  13. 6. What was the spoils system? • The practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs

  14. 7. What action under Jackson’s administration threatened to break up the country? • In 1828 Congress passed a law to increase tariffs or taxes on imported goods

  15. 8. How was the law on taxes viewed in the north and the south? • The north, which was based on factories and manufacturing, favored the new law • The south, because it depended on agriculture and trade, opposed the law

  16. 9.What was the effect of the law? • Jackson lowered taxes in 1832 but not enough • South Carolina threatened to secede – withdraw from the union • The Force Bill: use the Federal Army to collect taxes

  17. 10. Why did Jackson fight the Bank of the United States? • He thought that the bank benefited rich eastern depositors at the expense of the farmers and workers

  18. 11. What presidential power did Jackson use against the bank? • He vetoed the recharter bill, or contract

  19. 12. What was Jackson’s Indian policy? • To move Indians west of the Mississippi River to make room for whites.

  20. 13. What was the Trail of Tears? • The removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Indian territory in 1838 and 1839 • Four thousand Indians died during the walk

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