ELECTION OF 1828: A DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTIONAPUSH - Spiconardi

DO NOW:

Read the excerpt from Alexis de Tocqueville’s letter to Louis de Kergorlay and answer the following questions:

According to Tocqueville, what is the legal basis of American social equality and political democracy?

Why does Tocqueville doubt that democratic rule is a good thing, even in the United States?

THE ELECTION OF 1828 Increased electorate

Due to the removal of the property requirement in all but two states, the electorate grew by more than 800,000 from the previous presidential election In 1824, one-quarter of the

electorate had voted In 1828, more than half of the

electorate had voted

Party Machinery This was the first

campaign/election in which political parties organized to promote their candidate Local network of newspapers

devoted to the party Ensured voters went to polls on

election day

THE ELECTION OF 1828 Mudslinging

Like the election of 1800, the election of 1828 featured nasty accusations and rumors

Jackson portrayed as Adulterer (Jackson

believed this led to death of his wife, Rachel)

Murder Execution of army

deserter Dueling

Adams portrayed as A pimp Too intellectual Using government funds

to purchase billiards table for White House

Vote for Andrew

Jackson who can fight, not John Quincy Adams who can write.

THE ELECTION OF 1828 Jackson’s Platform

Eliminate national debt Common man/man of the

people Indians should be pushed

west of Mississippi River Blacks should remain as

slaves or be freed and sent abroad

Market Revolution was a source of moral decay

Wanted to restore Jeffersonian Democratic-Republican values

Vague on most issues

I do not respect a

man who can think of only one way to

spell a word.

THE ELECTION OF 1828

THE INAUGURATION OF JACKSON

The reign of King ‘Mob’

seemed triumphant