King or President

ANDREW JACKSON

• 4 Candidates: - Andrew Jackson – 1st - John Q. Adams – 2nd - William Crawford – 3rd - Henry Clay – 4th

• No one got the majority of the Electoral College vote

• House of Representatives gets to decide the election – Clay is the Speaker of the House

• Results of the House vote: - John Quincy Adams = President ** Henry Clay = Secretary of State

ELECTION OF 1824 “THE CORRUPT BARGAIN”

• Republicans – President John Quincy Adams

• Democrats – Andrew Jackson

• No issues were debated on each other’s character

• Results =

- President Andrew Jackson

ELECTION OF 1828 – MUDSLINGING ELECTION

Jackson

Adams

KING ANDREW THE FIRST

14A: WASHINGTON AT A PRESIDENTIAL RECEPTION

14B: JACKSON STOPS TO GREET PEOPLE AFTER HIS ELECTION IN

1828

14C: JACKSON’S INAUGURAL PARTY

14D: FROM THE FRONTIER TO THE WHITE HOUSE

14E: JACKSON’S APPROACH TO GOVERNING

14F: NULLIFICATION CRISIS

14G: JACKSON BATTLES THE BANK OF THE UNITED

STATES

14H: JACKSON’S INDIAN POLICY