APUSH Age of Jackson

Conventions

Candidates for office chosen by both party leaders and regular voters

Large campaigns

Growing country=growing campaigns

Spoils system

System of rewarding individuals with government jobs in exchange for loyalty to the party

Rotation in office

System of limiting government officials to one term

Election of 1820

James Monroe=Democratic Republican

Elections of 1824+1828

Election of 1824: no majority in Electoral College

-House of Representatives choose John Quincy Adams in “corrupt bargain”

Tariff of 1828

During JQA’s presidency;

-Again, favored Northern manufacturing over Southern agriculture

-Called “Tariff of Abominations” in the South

Election of 1828

Andrew Jackson=Democrat

Indian Removal Act

To make room for American settlers in South, Jackson signs Indian Removal Act (1830) to relocate five tribes

-Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole

Cherokee Nation vs Georgia

1831; Cherokee challenge the legislation in Supreme Court, but case is not heard: Cherokee were a “dependent nation” and couldn’t sue in court

Trail of Tears

Thousands of Native Americans die of starvation and disease during this “relocation”

Nullification Crisis

“Tariff of Abominations” (and Tariff of 1832) declared unconstitutional by South Carolina

-Key supporter: John C. Calhoun

Tariff of 1833

Compromise for nullification crisis

Bank veto

Jackson opposed “rechartering” (renewing) the Bank of the United States

New Two-Party System

Democrats:

-Similar to DR

-Strong in South and West

Whigs:

-Similar to Federalists

-Strong in Northeast

Election of 1836

Martin Van Buren=Democrat

Election of 1840

William Henry Harrison=Whig