The Age Of Jackson Flashcards
Who ran in the Election of 1824
Democratic republicans was the main political party. 4 candidates ran (all dem-reps) 1. Henry Clay 2. Andrew Jackson 3. John Quincy Adams 4. William Crawford
What was the OUTCOME of the election of 1824?
•Jackson won popular vote BUT nobody earned enough electoral votes to be elected
•election then went to the house of reps.
•Clay gave his support to Adams (There was a deal)
•Adams became president and elected clay as his Secretary of State
Jackson = OUTRAGED & claimed it was a “corrupt bargain”
How was democracy expanded?
Most states Ebola shed property requirement to vote & popular vote was used in every state but one in 1836
Who was Andrew Jackson and what did he do?
Jackson was an orphan, was in the revolutionary war, and he was a military war hero in the war of 1812.
Jackson started to symbolize a new democracy& in his speeches he celebrated majority rule.
Election of 1828
- Official split of democratic Republican Party
- Jackson supporters called themselves Jacksonian Democrats
- Adams supporters called themselves National Republicans
- Jackson beat Adams in election by a lot
(Political shift to western frontier states)
Native American removal
South wanted native Americans removed
Jackson supported this and moved them west of the Mississippi
The Indian revival act brought in federal troops to support this
A portion of the Cherokee nation took their case to the Supreme Court which was found unconstitutional.
Jackson REFUSED to follow the courts decision——> leads to the TRAIL OF TEARS (thousands of natives were forced to march west)
