US History Ch 12.3

1. U.S. History
Chapter 12: A New National Identity
Section 3: The Age of Jackson

2. Choose a Candidate
•War hero
•Born poor
•Determined
•Common man
•Harvard educated
•Born to a
prominent wealthy
family
•Out of touch with
people
Candidate 1 Candidate 2

3. Jacksonian Democracy
•Early 1800s: lawmakers
extending the right to vote
•Nominating Conventions—
meetings in which a political
party selects its presidential &
vice presidential candidates
•Allowed more voter input

4. Democratic Candidates
Barack Obama Hillary Clinton John Edwards

5. Republican Candidates
Rudy Giuliani Mike Huckabee
John McCain
Ron Paul
Mitt Romney Fred Thompson

6. Each state holds conventions to choose
delegates to send to the national meeting

7. Democratic Candidates
Barack Obama Hillary Clinton John Edwards

8. Republican Candidates
Rudy Giuliani Mike Huckabee
John McCain
Ron Paul
Mitt Romney Fred Thompson

9. 2008 Presidential Election

10. Jacksonian Democracy
•“Jacksonian Democracy”
•Limited voting rights
•Jackson: seen as man who would
defend the rights of common
people & slave states

11. Jacksonian Democracy
John Quincy Adams
National Republcians
Andrew Jackson
Democratic Party
vs.
Election of 1828

12. Jackson’s Victory
•Andrew
Jackson:
–War hero
–Born poor
–Rose to success
through hard
work

13. Jackson’s Victory
•John Quincy
Adams:
–Harvard educated
–Father had been
president
–Out of touch
–“Cold as a lump of
ice”

14. Jackson’s Victory
•Victory for the common man
•Spoils system—practice of
rewarding supporters with jobs
•Kitchen cabinet—an informal
group of advisers President
Andrew Jackson relied on

15. Conflict over Tariffs
•Regional conflicts over tariffs
•North—wanted high tariffs to
protect industries
•South—imported most
manufactured goods

16. Conflict over Tariffs
•1828: Northern manufacturers
pressure Congress to pass high
tariffs
•“Tariff of Abominations”
•Abuse of federal power over
the states

17. Nullification Crisis
•States’ Rights—
belief that state
power should be
greater than
federal power
•VP John C. Calhoun
led the opposition
John C. Calhoun

18. Nullification Crisis
•Nullification—states had the
right to not obey any federal
law with which they disagreed
•1832: Congress passes a new
tariff
•SC: declares law null and void

19. Nullification Crisis
•Calhoun resigns
•SC threatens to secede if troops
are sent
•Jackson threatens to send troops
•Compromise reached: tariffs
lowered

20. Second Bank of the United States
•Jackson against Bank of the United
States
•States opposed the bank
•Maryland passes law taxing branches of
the national bank
•James McCulloch refuses to pay taxes

21. Second Bank of the United States
•McCulloch v.
Maryland:
–Elastic clause
permitted for
the Bank
–Federal law
superior to
state law
Old Supreme Court Chamber

22. Second Bank of the United States
•Bank charter due
to expire in 1836
•Nicholas Biddle
pushes for
renewal of charter
in 1832
•Jackson vetoes
Nicholas Biddle

23. Second Bank of the United States
•Not enough votes
to override veto
•Transferred
money to state
banks
•Inflation
increased
•Debt paid down

25. Van Buren’s Presidency
•Jackson angered members of
Congress
•1834: Jackson opponents form the
Whig Party
•Whig Party—political party that
supported the idea of a weak
president and a strong legislature

26. Van Buren’s Presidency
•1836: Whigs
nominate four
candidates to run
against VP Martin
Van Buren
•Democrat Martin
Van Buren wins
Martin Van Buren

27. Van Buren’s Presidency
•Panic of 1837
leads to economic
depression
•Result of
Jackson’s policies
•Van Buren blamed
and defeated in
election of 1840

28. Van Buren’s Presidency
•William Henry
Harrison and
John Tyler win
election of 1840
•“Tippecanoe and
Tyler too”
•War record and
log cabin rootsWilliam Henry Harrison