JacksonianEraOutline

TheElectionof1824
AndrewJacksonwinsthepopularvoteandhadaplurality(hadthemostvotesbutnota
majority)ofElectoralCollegevotes
ElectionhadtobedecidedbytheHouseofRepresentatives
JohnQuincyAdamsagreestomakeHenryClaySecretaryofStateinexchangeforhissupportin
theHouseofRepresentatives
JohnQuincyAdamswinstheelectionwiththesupportofHenryClay
SupportersofAndrewJacksoncallthisdealthe
CorruptBargain

TheElectionof1828
Theelectioncampaignsused
mudslinging
,whichresultedinoneoftheugliestelectionsinthe
historyoftheU.S.
JacksondefeatsJohnQuincyAdamsinalandslide.
TheDemocraticPartygainedpopularitywiththeelectionofPresidentAndrewJackson.

TheJacksonianEra
EraoftheCommonMan
Manystatesremovedpropertyrequirementstovote.
MoremencouldvoteandmorevotedforthecommonmanAndrewJackson.
SpoilsSystem
Jacksoniscriticizedforremovinggovernmentofficialsandreplacingthemwithhis
supporters.

NullificationCrisis
SouthCarolinarefusedtopaythe
Tariffof1828(TariffofAbominations)
andclaimedthey
hadtherighttonullify(cancelnotenforce)anyfederallaw.
Jacksonrespondswiththe
ForceBill
thatstateshewouldsendtroopstodefendfederallaw.
Nullificationandsecessionisavoidedwiththe
Tariffof1833(CompromiseTariff)
.
JohnC.CalhounresignedasVicePresidentduringthiscrisisbecauseisfromSouthCarolina
andstronglybelievesinstatesrights
Statesrightswasthebeliefthatlocalgovernmentsshouldbeabletodecideissuesfor
themselvesandkeepgovernmentclosetothepeople.

2ndBankoftheU.S.
JacksondidnotsupporttheBanksincehethoughtitfavoredtherichandbecausehefoundit
unconstitutional.
Jacksonvowedtonotrenewthecharteruponhisreelectionin1832.
Theclosingofthebankin1836ledtothe
Panicof1837

NativeRemoval
The
IndianRemovalAct
wasafederallawthatestablishedthegovernmentsintenttoremove
NativeAmericanstoreservationsinpresentdayOklahoma.
The1832SupremeCourtcase,
Worcesterv.Georgia
,ruledthatGeorgialawhadnopowerin
CherokeelandsincetheCherokeeareadistinctsovereignnation.
AndrewJacksonignoredthedecisionandpushesonwithNativeRemoval.
The
TrailofTears
wastheforcedmarchofmainlyCherokeefromthesoutheastUSto
reservationsinthewest.

ManifestDestiny
AphrasecoinedbynewspapereditorJohnL.OSullivanin1845topromotetheannexationof
TexasandtheOregonCountry
ItreferredtothebeliefthattheUnitedStatesisdestinedtostretchfromtheAtlanticOceantothe
PacificOcean

U.S.MexicanWar
BoundarydisputesbetweenMexicoandTexasandtheUnitedStatesdesireformoreland
promptedPresidentPolktodeclarewarwithMexicoin1846.
HenryDavidThoreaurefusedtopaytaxestofundthewar.Hewasjailedforhiscivil
disobedience.
TheU.S.MexicanWarendedwiththeTreatyofGuadalupeHidalgoin1848.

LandAcquisitions
RedRiverCession
CreatedbytheTreatyof1818betweentheU.S.andGreatBritaininwhichthe
U.S.receivedlandsouthofthe49Nparallel(inpresentdayMinnesota)
SetthenorthernboundaryoftheLouisianaTerritory
FloridaCession
(AdamsOnisTreaty)
TheU.S.acquiresFloridafromSpainin1819
TexasAnnexation
TexasisaddedtotheU.S.in1845
OregonCountry
TheOregonTerritoryisdividedinhalfbetweenBritainandtheU.S.alongthe
49Nparallelin1846
TheU.S.gotthesouthernhalf.
MexicanCession
The
TreatyofGuadalupeHidalgo
endstheUSMexicanWarin1848andgrants
theU.S.theNewMexicoandCaliforniaTerritories.
GadsdenPurchase
AsmallareaoflandinpresentdaysouthernArizonaandNewMexicothatthe
U.S.boughtfromMexicoin1853
ThisallowedtheTranscontinentalRailroadtobebuiltonlessmountainousland