Chapter 9-Jacksonian America 1. The Rise of Mass Politics 1. The Expanding Electorate 1. No economic equality‚ but transformation of American politics to extend the right to vote to new groups. Until 1820s most states limited franchise to white landowners. Changes began in West w/ Constitutions guaranteeing right to vote to all white males—eastern states did likewise in order to stop exodus of people 2. Change provoked resistance- MA conservatives wanted property requirement‚ state eventually
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The Presidential Election of 1828 was different from any other presidential election that had ever taken place in America. Why? This was the first presidential election in which all males could vote. Andrew Jackson campaigned as the candidate of the ordinary people. In 1828‚ the ordinary non-landowners became Jackson’s strongest supporters‚ and with their votes‚ he won the Presidential Election of 1828. He championed the cause of the ordinary man throughout his entire presidency. BITS (acronym
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person to become president‚ and felt a bit betrayed by me fellow Americans. Anyways‚ I felt like I was being left out of the picture. Since clay had very little votes‚ and Adams was right behind me‚ I believed that they made an alliance‚ in order for John to become president ‚ and for Clay to be
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Andrew Jackson was a victorious and triumphant man for he rose from the depths of poverty. Andrew Jackson was born to irish immigrants and then descended to authority over the nation as the 7th president and was defined as a national military icon. He addressed issues beyond politics and ideologies previously set in place by the founding fathers of the nation. These issues were climacteric for a budding nation in search for it’s individuality. Andrew Jackson’s lasting legacy include the two political
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His first term was from 1829 to 1832. His second term was from 1833 to 1837 In the first election John Quincy Adams tried to make Jackson lose some of his popularity by slandering him. This was the first time that candidates really slandered each other. In the second term the national nominating convention was introduced. Jackson’s opponent in his first term was John Quincy Adams. Jackson’s opponent in his second term was Henry Clay. John C Calhoun was vice president during Jackson’s first term. Martin Van Buren was
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the union or secede. After this‚ Vice President Calhoun‚ who was born in South Carolina‚ wanted to legally resist the tariffs. He created the idea of nullification in 1828. John Calhoun wrote the "South Carolina Exposition and Protest‚" which declared the tariff null and void in South Carolina. Nullification was the theory that a state had the ability to declare invalid a federal-level law. So when the national government instituted a tariff‚ Calhoun told the South Carolina that they could simply
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History 217: U.S. History to 1865 Dr. Fuller November 30‚ 2003 Cynthia Mihay The Petticoat Affair: Manners‚ Mutiny‚ and Sex in Andrew Jackson’s White House. By John F. Marszalek. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press‚ 1997. viii‚ 296 pp.) John F. Marszalek‚ author of The Petticoat Affair argues in his book that the Margaret Eaton affair‚ which plagued the first Jackson administration‚ was a social situation that had political ramifications. The thesis is that the Jacksonian Presidency
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their efforts to coordinate a united Southern response and focused on how their state‚ by itself‚ would react. They came up with the South Carolina Exposition Also known as Calhoun’s Exposition‚ Was written in December 1828 by John C. Calhoun‚ then vice president under John Quincy Adams and later under Andrew Jackson The document was a protest against the Tariff of 1828‚ also known as the Tariff of Abominations. The document stated that if the tariff was not repealed‚ South Carolina would secede The
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During the Age of Jackson‚ politics became much more democratic. The first president during this period was actually John Quincy Adams. In the election of 1824‚ Jackson actually held the most popular votes‚ but failed to have a majority because 4 candidates had run for office. Due to a corrupt bargain‚ the House of Representatives chose John Quincy Adams as president. The controversy of this election would lead to new‚ more democratic‚ policies. Firstly‚ around this time most states adopted
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John Caldwell Calhoun was born the 4th child‚ and 3rd son‚ of Patrick and Martha Calhoun on March 18‚ 1782 in the backwoods of Abbeville‚ South Carolina. His father got really sick when he was just 17 years old. He was forced to quit school and work on the family farm. Eventually though with help from his brothers‚ he returned to school. He graduated with a degree from Yale College‚ Phi Beta Kappa‚ in 1804. After studying law at the Tapping Reeve Law School in Litchfield‚ Connecticut‚ he was admitted
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