Jackson Years

Election of 1824• Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay and

John Quincy Adams run for Presidency

• Jackson received the most popular votes, but not a majority of electoral votes

• The House of Representatives must decide the next President

• Clay convinced them to vote for Adams

• Adams became the 6th President• Adams appointed Clay his

Secretary of State

Election of 1828

• New political party formed• Called the Democratic Party• Organized by Martin Van Buren

• Jackson Won• Jackson began Patronage with the “SPOILS SYSTEM”

in which he gave jobs to his supporters and family• Jackson dealt with the “Indian Problem” • Indian Removal Act of 1830– Removed Indians to western lands despite Supreme

Court’s ruling that it was unconstitutional– TRAIL OF TEARS – Native Americans forced on an 800-mile

journey that began in Georgia and ended in Oklahoma

Conflict in the Jackson

• Protective Tariff raised in 1828 (before Jackson)

• South (John C. Calhoun) called it the “Tariff of Abominations”

• South forced to buy Northern goods rather than cheaper ones from Europe

• John C. Calhoun felt that states had the right to nullify a law within their borders

• South Carolina threatened to secede

• Congress Passes the Force Bill

• Allowed the government to use the army and navy against South Carolina

• South Carolina kept the tariff but nullified the Force Bill

Jackson and the Bank

• Jackson waged war on, and defeated, the bank

• The Whig Party was formed – they disapproved of Jackson’s Actions

• Many believed Jackson had abused his powers as president