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Jacksonianism-he political philosophy of United States politician Andrew Jackson and his supporters. Jackson's policies followed the era of Jeffersonian democracy which dominated the previous political era. Prior to and during Jackson's time as President, his supporters (the beginnings of the modern Democratic Party) were resisted by the rival Adams and Anti-Jacksonian factions, which later gave rise to the Whigs. More broadly, the term refers to the period of the

Second Party System (mid 1830s-1854) when Jacksonian philosophy was ascendant as well as the spirit of that era.


“Spoils System”- practice where a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its voters as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the party—as opposed to a system of awarding offices on the basis of some measure of merit independent of political activity.


Indian Removal-Indian removal was a nineteenth century policy of the government of the United States to relocate Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi River to lands west of the river. The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 26, 1830.


Jackson’s attitude toward Native Americans-Wanted them moved out the way! Did this through Trail of Tears.


“Trail of Tears”-was the relocation and movement of Native American nations from southeastern parts of the present-day United States.


Nullification Crisis-a sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification. This ordinance declared, by the power of the State itself, that the federal Tariff of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and therefore null and void within the sovereign boundaries of South Carolina. The controversial, and highly protective, Tariff of 1828 (known to its detractors as the "Tariff of Abominations") was enacted into law during the presidency of John Quincy Adams. The tariff was opposed in the South and parts of New England. Its opponents expected that the election of Jackson as President would result in the tariff being significantly reduced.

Force Bill
The United States Force Bill, formally titled "An Act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports", 4 Stat. 632 (1833), enacted by the 22nd U.S. Congress, consists of eight sections expanding Presidential power.
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Peggy Eaton
Margaret O'Neill (or O'Neale) Eaton (December 3, 1799 – November 8, 1879), better known as Peggy Eaton, was the daughter of Rhoda Howell and William O'Neale,[1] the owner of Franklin House, a popular Washington, D.C. hotel. Peggy was noted for her beauty, wit and vivacity. Through her marriage to United States Senator John Henry Eaton, she had a central role in the Petticoat affair that disrupted the Cabinet of Andrew Jackson.
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Tariff of 1828
The Tariff of 1828 was a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the northern United States. It was labeled the Tariff of Abominations by its southern detractors because of the effects it had on the antebellum Southern economy.
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Nicholas Biddle
Nicholas Biddle (January 8, 1786 – February 27, 1844) was an American financier who served as the president of the Second Bank of the United States
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Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville (French pronunciation: [alɛksi or alɛksis də tɔkvil]; 29 July 1805, Paris – 16 April 1859, Cannes) was a French political thinker and historian best known for his Democracy in America (appearing in two volumes: 1835 and 1840) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856). In both of these works, he explored the effects of the rising equality of social conditions on the individual and the state in western societies
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Voting Rights
1790 Only white male adult property-owners have the right to vote.
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1810 Last religious prerequisite for voting is eliminated.
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1850 Property ownership and tax requirements eliminated by 1850. Almost all adult white males could vote.
1855 Connecticut adopts the nation's first literacy test for voting. Massachusetts follows suit in 1857. The tests were implemented to discriminate against Irish-Catholic immigrants.

Election of 1828

Jackson ran against John Quincy Adams. Many Democrats supported Jackson and portrayed him as a man of the people, causing him to win the election.




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Criticisms of the National Bank

At first, people criticized the National Bank for its easy credit which led to the panic of 1819. Common people thought the bank was unconstitutional because it favored a small, privileged group. People didn't like that it posessed great power and privilege without being under popular control.




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Panic of 1837

International economic depression caused by changes in the world economy. The price of cotton fell by almost 50%, specie payments were suspended, and businesses went bankrupt, leaving many unemployed.




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Who were the Democrats?

The favored party of immigrants, Catholics, backwoods farmers, and freethinkers. They were against "positive liberal state", privilege, and monopoly. Democrats appealed to smaller farmers, workers, declining gentry, and emerging entreprenuers. They defended a strict interpretation of the Constitution, state rights, and laissez-faire. Democrats wanted to be free of restrictions on their freedom to think and behave as they liked.




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"Positive Liberal State"

Whig ideology that government has the right and duty to subsidize or protect enterprises that could contribute to general prosperity or economic growth




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"Tippecanoe and Tyler too"

The Whig slogan in the election of 1840 supporting William Henry Harrison who won the battle of Tippecanoe, and his running mate John Tyler




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Kitchen Cabinet

Jackson's close friends and unofficial advisers, which included Amos Kendall and Francis P. Blair







The Bank War- name given to the controversy over the Second Bank of the United States and the attempts to destroy it by then-president Andrew Jackson. At that time, it was the only nationwide bank and, along with its president Nicholas Biddle, exerted tremendous influence over the nation's financial system. Jackson viewed the Second Bank of the United States as a monopoly since it was a private institution managed by a board of directors, and in 1832 he vetoed the renewal of its charter


Whigs – party growth and platform-Party from the White House, the Whigs struggled to define their platform. Whigs generally criticized the growth of executive power


“Specie Circular”-was an executive order issued by U.S. President Andrew Jackson in 1836 and carried out by President Martin Van Buren


John Calhoun- leading politician and political theorist from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century


Worcester v Georgia-was a case in which the United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester, holding that the Georgia criminal statute, prohibiting non-Indians from being present on Indian lands without a license from the state, was unconstitutional.

Roger Taney-was the fifth Chief Justice of the United States, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864. He was the first Roman Catholic to hold that office or sit on the Supreme Court of the United States. He was also the eleventh United States Attorney General. He is most remembered for delivering the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), that ruled, among other things, that African Americans, having been considered inferior at the time the Constitution was drafted, were not part of the original community of citizens and could not be considered citizens of the United States.

self- made man- a famous lecture by Frederick Douglass (1818 – 1895). In this speech, which was first delivered in 1859, he gives his own definition of the self-made man and explains what he thinks are the means to become such a man.

2 party system- a system where two major political parties dominate voting in nearly all elections at every level of government. As a result, all, or nearly all, elected offices are members of one of the two major parties.

voter participation- the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election. After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing

impact of trade unions- representation has shrunk over the last twenty years, but could stabilise with the new statutory recognition procedures.

tariff of abominations- a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the northern United States. It was labeled the Tariff of Abominations by its southern detractors because of the effects it had on the antebellum Southern economy.

john q adams and tarrifs- Adams’s advocacy of a strong federal government and a high tariff enraged defenders of slavery and states’ rights advocates who clung to traditional Jeffersonian principles of limited government and strict construction of the Constitution.