Andrew Jackson HOW DEMOCRATIC WAS AMERICA

Andrew Jackson

HOW DEMOCRATIC WAS AMERICA?

Changing Party Politics

Changing Politics

Changes in Voting Laws

Jacksonian Democrats Believe:

Jackson’s Common Man Campaign

The Jackson Coalition

Rachel Jackson and Her Death

The Reign of “King Mob”

Jackson Reflects Democratic Trends

Jackson Reflects Democratic Trends

Peggy Eaton Affair-

VETO

Sen. Daniel Webster [MA] Sen. Robert Hayne [SC]

Hayne-Webster Debate (1830)

Webster : Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable. Jackson : Our Federal Union—it must be preserved. Calhoun : The Union, next to our liberty, most dear.

Indian Removal

The “Monster” Is Destroyed!

The 1832 Election

The Specie Circular (1836)

Specie Circular

Jackson and the Specie

Economic Problems in 1836 • US Bank is destroyed: money into state banks, back to easy credit, fluctuating bank notes • Specie Circular issued: stop land speculation w/gold & silver required for purchase • Good news! Budget surplus!! $$$ sent to states, used for building RR’s, canals, roads, etc (Distribution Act)

Panic of 1837 • Causes: Distribution Act weakened state bank, specie circular (run on banks), crop failures hurt farmers’ income, Recession in Europe (pull $$$ out of US) • Results: unemployment, bank failures, businesses close, RR/Canal projects fail, bread riots (lasts 5 years: most severe)

Results of the Specie Circular

• Legacy Continued • Opponents call him King Andrew • Used veto 12 times • To destroy BUS and support “Common Man” • To punish rivals – Maysville Road (Henry Clay) • Opposed increasing federal spending and the national debt • Interpreted the powers of Congress narrowly • Kitchen cabinet