Chapter 10: Section 1
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Chapter 10: Section 1
The Jacksonian Era
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Expansion of Democracy
North was changing: small craft people's businesses taken over by large factories and workers.
South was changing: small farms gave way to large cotton plantations owned by the wealthy.
The wealthy were elite and the majority of the Americans were falling by the wayside.
Government seemed to be committed to helping the wealthy.
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Expansion of Democracy
Hoping for change, small farmers, frontier settlers and slave holders rallied behind Andrew Jackson.
Believed Jackson would defend the rights of the common man and the slave states.
Voting reforms: many states changed qualifications for voters by granting more white males suffrage.
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Expansion of Democracy
Political parties began holding public nominating convention: where party members choose the party's candidates instead of the party leaders.
Jacksonian Democracy: The period of expanding democracy in the 1820s and 1830s.
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Election of 1828
Jackson supporters were determined that their candidate would win the 1828 election.
Jackson supporters formed the Democratic Party to support his candidacy.
People who backed President Adams began calling themselves National Republicans.
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Election of 1828
Jackson v Adams
Jackson chose John C. Calhoun as his vice presidential running mate.
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The Campaign
Jackson's campaigners described him as a war hero who had been born poor and rose to succeed through his own hard work.
Adam's was a Harvard graduate whose father had been the second U.S. president, he was accused of being out of touch with the problems of everyday people.
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The Campaign
Adams supporters said Jackson was hot tempered, crude, and ill-equipped to be president of the United States.
Jackson won the presidency with a record number of popular votes.
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Jackson's Inauguration
A win for the common people.
A crowd gathered outside the Capitol as Jackson took his oath of office.
Crowd took the party to the White House lawn.
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Jackson's Inauguration
Jackson rewarded some supporters with government jobs.
Spoils system: the practice of giving government jobs to political backers.
Martin Van Buren: Secretary of State one of Jackson's greatest supporters.
Kitchen Cabinet: informal group of trusted advisers who sometimes met in the White House kitchen.
Chapter 10: Section 1
The Jacksonian Era
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