The Presidential Election of 1828: Jackson vs. Adams and the Indian Removal Act, Lecture notes of Reasoning

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Election of 1824 & Corrupt Bargain

John Quincy Adams made the 1824 election, the closest America had

seen yet. JQA benefited and suffered from his father name. JQA was

Monroe’s Secretary of State. He was an excellent foreign policy maker.

Henry Clay was the Speaker of the House under Monroe.

He helped with the treaty of Ghent. He also supported the

American system.

• Clay was eliminated from the race in the electoral college. Crawford

was out because of his stroke. Clay picked Adams over Jackson

because Adams supported the American System

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feat ure=player_detailpage&v=jJppEhwRsV Q "The authority of the Supreme Court must not be permitted to control the Congress or the Executive when acting in their legislative capacities, but to have only such influence as the force of their reasoning may deserve."

• The republican party began to resemble the federalist party in 1820’s.

Henry Clay had a devoted personal following. Andrew Jackson did not

have a real political record prior to running for president. Jackson had

the most electoral and popular votes in the 1824 election.

Schweikart Brinkley Adams was over qualified

• Excellent in foreign policy
• Intelligent
• Antislave Henry Clay
• Expert at compromise
• Excellent speaker
• Wanted to profit off of slavery
• Wanted roads and protective tariffs
• Schweikart portrayed the candidates in a positive light.
• Corrupt Bargain - Jacksonians thought it was based on bribery and only in favor of Clay. - Adams was unpopoular. - Henry Clay was a strong advocate for the American System - Andrew Jackson was a popular war hero, but had no political record. - Corrupt Bargain- was damaging to Adams’ presidency. - Brinkley expressed more flaws in the candidates than Schweikart, as well as including the negative effects of Corrupt Bargain.

The Presidency of John Quincy Adams

Grant Day, Josh Dennis, Ben Huber

Initial Goals  Exploration of the far west  Funding a naval academy  National astronomical observatory  Institution of a uniform measuring system

Tariffs  The Tariff of 1824  Cotton, Iron, Salt, Coffee, Molasses, Sugar, and basically all foreign goods  Legislators quickly voted to pass this tariff because it would boost American economy  If prices bumped up then all the money earned would have to be spent. Calhoun sought to take advantage of this

Running Again

 Ran against Jackson for his second term

 The end of Adams term showed that even

if you have character, you might not be politically competent

Primary Source CAPP – Context – The context of this political cartoon is that at the time Adams was president with a primarily Jacksonian Congress, plus he had passed thought/passed of the Tariff of Abominations. Many people did not agree with this action. Andrew Jackson was also running against Adams for the presidency.

Election of 1828 Jackson VS Adams

Two New Parties John Quincy Adams - National Republicans  Supported economic nationalism Andrew Jackson – Democratic Republicans  Opposed the “economic aristocracy”

Peggy Eaton affair  Jackson had an affair with Peggy Eaton after her husband Jon became Jacksons secretary of war  Jackson relied on the cabinet to make policy decisions - ironic due to the fact he was called the “man of the people” but yet allowed a select few to make decisions.

“Coffin Handbill”  Example of Mudslinging  Jackson murdering his own militia men  Used by Adams supporters Audience, as this “handbill” was meant to persuade those who were voting to vote against Jackson during the 1828 election.