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.

How did democracy expand in the 1820s and 1830s?

1.

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

What was Jacksonian Democracy?

2.

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

Who were the presidential candidates in the election of 1828?

3.

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 defeated Adams in a landslide

Inauguration of 1828- Jackson supporters saw his victory as a win for the common people

What is the spoils system?

4.

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”

What was Jackson’s Kitchen Cabinet?

5.

Jackson relied on his Kitchen Cabinet, a group of informal and trusted advisors who often times met in the White House kitchen.