Andrew Jackson & Election of 1828, Lecture 20

The “treaty” on ____, 1814

Ft. Jackson

AJ forced.... though....

he forced a treaty on ALL of the creeks on his own authority, he constitutionally cannot make a treaty on behalf of the US

Some redsticks and black allies went to ____, AJ...

FL, AJ resolves to kill them all

Knows them as the _______

black Seminoles

AJ took ____ US troops, and ____ ___ soldiers

1,000 US troops, 300 TN soldiers

In FL, he...

Kills the seminoles and brits, burns black villages

____ had sent a letter to AJ saying.... AJ took that... Congress ____

Monroe, he understood and supported him, as permission to invade FL, disagrees

In an authorized biography...

His stated political stance was tailored to be for the DRs, but also code for Federalists to be sure that he is not radical

In the Senate, Jackson was a ____, except for...

moderate, foreign policy, using extreme force on non-americans

Britain ______, political figures are ____, the public ____

Britain offers an alliance, political figures are happy, the public is not a fan

AJ runs for ___

president

The disputed 1824 election between

JQ Adams, Jackson, Crawford, and Clay

No one gets a majority, ____ gets to decide, ____ wins, jackson says...

congress, JQ Adams, stolen election

The south is now pro-british due to ____

cotton trade

The ______ (1824)

Letters of Wyoming

The Letters of Wyoming (1824)

Brit/indig forces killed in the wyoming battle; Series of letters from a person who was there during the conflict who says in support of AJ

Adams is doing good in ___, so on the trail, AJ....

PA, IGNORES it

Jacksonians go out to vote _____

as a group

1828, the jacksonians....

DOMINATE

PA is carried by ___

AJ

Jackson wins with ___% popular vote

56

___ the turnout in 1824 (over ___% in four states)

double, 90

Jackson’s inauguration:

Moderate (and quietly pro-British) message, populist legend