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Standards and Objectives
• Content Objective:
– I will understand how the expansion of voting rights gave more power to Americans
• Language Objective
– I will write a sequence map showing the election of Andrew Jackson
• Standard
– 8.8.1 Discuss the election of Andrew Jackson as president in 1828 and the importance of Jacksonian democracy, and his actions as president.
Many states lowered or eliminated the qualification for men to own a certain amount of property to vote or hold public officeNominating Conventions- meetings held where party members (the people) choose the party’s candidates - not state legislators
The expansion of democracy that took place in the 1820s and 1830s became known as Jacksonian Democracy
Jackson supported majority rule (people choose) and benefited from the expansion of democracy
John Q. Adams
Richard Rush
Andrew Jackson
John C. Calhoun
National Republican Party
Democratic Party
John Q. Adams- National Republican Party
VP- Richard Rush
6th president, Harvard educated, Jackson’s supporters said he was out of touch with everyday people
Andrew Jackson- Democratic party (new political party created by Jackson supporters)
VP- John C. Calhoun
War hero, born poor and rose to success through his own hard work, man of the people, Adams’ campaign said he was hot tempered, crude, and ill-equipped to be president
6 coffins stand for 6 militiamen who were executed under Jackson’s orders in Creek War
Bottom coffins stand for other militiamen and Indians executed under Jackson’s orders
Picture of Jackson stabbing Samuel Jackson in Nashville
Jackson rewarded supporters with government jobs
Spoils system- practice of giving government jobs to political backers
“To the victor belong the spoils of the enemy”
Jackson relied on his Kitchen Cabinet, a group of informal and trusted advisors who often times met in the White House kitchen.