... many states, thereby expanding the vote. Property holding qualifications were lifted. Jackson began to endorse the idea of the "Spoils System". He believed that rotation of people in government jobs led to the expansion of democracy and prevented the growth of an entrenched bureaucracy. Jackson's Cabinet composed of plain, businessmen who Jackson felt would not challenge him or undermine his authority. He also used ... the Cabinet positions to reward his supporters. Additionally, Jackson used a group of close friends to advise him and they became known ... . Out of eighteen thousand cap...

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... included the improvement of railroads and canals and the formation of the Democratic Party. Although America seemed to be prospering because of Andrew Jackson's desire to aid the common man, his presidency was focused mainly on revenge and his own personal gain. Hostile cartoonists portrayed him as ... construction of the road, for it was not an integral part of America's growth and development. Jackson stated that the road wouldonly benefit Kentucky. Jackson was also a strong supporter of western expansion. He believed that because the population of the United Stated was growing at suc...

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... Together their philosophies define an age in American history. These philosophies however, weren't alike in any sense. Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson had a different philosophy for just about every topic that presented itself during their lifetimes. Thomas Jefferson, the tall, sandy haired, Virginia ... Resolutions out of the water. It called for the defiance of the Tariff of 1828 claiming it unjust and unconstitutional. Jackson had actually split apart the government and filled it with corruption simply because of his relentless anything goes campaign. His foul ... barely reinstat...

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... away Indian rights and treating Indians inhumanely. All he wanted is to take them out of the way not for expansion but rather personal reasons. The defense says that Andrew Jackson has not committed any wrongful acts, and only removed the Indians for the interest of the people. However, after ... person and a personal hate towards the Indians. Second was John Marshall who ruled that Cherokees should not be treated inhumanly by the government but Jackson was against the Indians and showed his disapproval of the verdict by continuing to remove them from their homes. He as the president sh...

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... was Martin Van Buren, a widower. This led to the "Kitchen Cabinet". F. Kitchen Cabinet-(1829-1831) Upset with most of the members of his cabinet, mostly over the Peggy Eaton affair, Jackson stopped having regular cabinet meetings and instead began discussing policy with an informal group of advisors. Among those in the Kitchen Cabinet were Amos Kendall, partisan journalist, and later postmaster ... Daniel Webster and Robert H. Haynes occurred at the Senate on January 27, 1830 over the issue of states' rights to annul acts of the Federal Government H. Internal Improvement-(1830) Presiden...

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... of the United States was Samuel Colt developing his revolver. The revolver was an important tool used in another important event that occurred while Jackson was president, The Texas War for Independence. Mexican President Santa Anna proclaimed himself dictator and attempted to disarm the Americans in Tejas, sending ... hardly could spell his own name." He never learned, in the course of his life, to write English correctly. OFFICE HELD OTHER THAN PRES: Jackson was elected the new state's first congressman in 1796. The following year the Tennessee legislature elected him a U.S. senator, bu...

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... was a 1,200 mile long winter journey in which around 3,000 Indians died of starvation. These Indians were not legally removed, however, because Andrew Jackson had defied the Supreme Court ruling of Worcester v Georgia, which opposed the forced relocation of the Native American nations. This was the first and ... United States' charter was about to expire, Nicholas Biddle, Henry Clay and Daniel Webster tried to get an early extension. This caused Jackson to veto this rechartering bill and declare the same thing Thomas Jefferson said just years before, that Congress had no constitutional a...

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... power, over what should prevail, the rights of the states, or the rights of the Federal Government. If not for several personal reasons, Jackson would have been a staunch advocator of states rights. The right to vote was still a major issue, the middle class feeling robbed of ... cabinet was no longer filled with wealthy men of status, but instead of more every day people. Nicholas Biddle proved great opposition to President Jackson. He wanted to re-charter the National Bank; however, many people were against Biddle's decision. This was particularly true of people in the ... west. They...

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... stirring debates on key issues and giving two different views on matters. Many newly elected officials elected to office used a practice called patronage. Jackson made the practice official by dismissing more than 200 presidential employees and about 2,000 other officeholders. They were replaced with 2,000 Jacksonian Democrats ... crops with foreign nations. South Carolina declared the tariffs to be null or void and then threatened to secede from the union. After Jackson threatened to send troops in and after passing the Force Bill, which required South Carolina pay the tariffs, a truce w...

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... power, over what should prevail, the rights of the states, or the rights of the Federal Government. If not for several personal reasons, Jackson would have been a staunch advocator of states rights. The right to vote was still a major issue, the middle class feeling robbed of ... cabinet was no longer filled with wealthy men of status, but instead of more every day people. Nicholas Biddle proved great opposition to President Jackson. He wanted to re-charter the National Bank; however, many people were against Biddle's decision. This was particularly true of people in the ... west. They...

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... the banks of the San Jacinto river, and forced him to sign documents proclaiming the independence of Texas from Mexico. X. Major Conflicts of the Administration The major conflict of the Jackson administration was the South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification. Though he admitted the state's complaints about taxation were valid, he insisted that it was not the state's right to revoke ... frustration of sectional attempts to weaken the central government by state nullification of federal law, and by the President's confrontation with the Bank of the United States. In a positive sense Jacks...

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... years of age, he became attorney general of the region. It was also here that he met Rachel Robards, whom he married in August of 1791. In March if 1814, Jackson, leading a small army, won a decisive victory against the Creek Indians gaining him national attention. Soon afterwards he was promoted to the army's highest ranking and was given authority over the ... spread (Remini). Soon the election of 1824 was at hand to decide who would take over the presidency after James Monroe. Five members of the Democratic-Republican Party, including Andrew Jackson, ran for the office. After a hotly...

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... there. Two of his brothers, as well as his mother, died from hardships sustained in the war. Orphaned now at the age of 14, Jackson was brought up by a well-to-do uncle in central South Carolina. In his late teens he read law, and he became an outstanding young ... cast a slur on his wife Rachel. The irregularity of the marriage was indeed atoned by forty years of honorable and happy wedlock, ending only with Mrs. Jackson's death in December 1831. He never completely mastered law; but in that frontier society a small amount of legal knowledge went a good way, and in 1788 ... to permit ...

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... of the bank was near so with the direction of Henry Clay he tried to rechater the bank even though the charter did not run out until 1836. Jackson quickly vetoed this re-chartering. Some people began to question how the executive branch had the power to destroy the bank. (Doc#13). It is very hard ... to override a veto so the plan to rechater the bank was over. Jackson's Next plan was to get rid of the bank completely by letting funds drain and put new federal money in Pet banks. His Secretary of treasury, Mclane would ... not let him do this so he promoted him and got a new Secretary ...

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... the American Revolution in which he served as a mounted courier at the age of 13. Both Andrew and his brother were captured by the British. Because Jackson refused to polish the boots of the British officer, he was struck across the arm and face with a saber. The two boys were put in a ... British prison S.C., where a epidemic of small pox broke out. Mrs. Jackson got the boys release but Andrew's brother soon died. Andrew's mom caught the disease and soon died herself. So Andrew at the age of 15 was ... was not true and that the divorce had just then become final. A second wedding was pe...

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... policy, changes in electoral politics, the second great awakening, and westward movement. However, the two issues that had the greatest effect on developing democracy were the Jacksonian economic policy and changes in electoral politics. Through President Andrew Jackson's economic policy, the country was faced with the Panic of 1837 ... for money. Speculators would then buy federal land and pay with this special money form, which was basically useless. In repose to this, Jackson issued the Specie Circular, which stated that land could be bought only with money that is directly backed by...

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... two major issues. The first was the developing argument over Free states and slave states, the second was the expanding economic development and territorial expansion which made new demands on the political system that questioned the role of the government in economic affairs. Henry Clay, a strong advocate ... commitment to slavery and the North's resentment of the southern political power. In the election of 1824, John Quincy Adams ran against Andrew Jackson. This election was known as the "Corrupt Bargain". This was a bargain, in which Henry Clay went to both candidates and ... offer...

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... claimed to be moreenlightened? than the common men and women. His dislike for thebetter class? led to reforms that encouraged a democracy and social mobility for thecommon man?. According to Jackson, the inequalities of wealth and power were due to limited opportunity and special privilege (Martin 235). These inequalities limited the ability of thecommon man? to move from onestation? in life ... apart from the people. This change meant more government positions for Jacksonian supporters and stronger party organization. President Jackson's next major political action involved Indian poli...

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... held. During the yearlong process Van Buren was chosen to be president (Hoyt 105), and his campaign began. His campaign strategy was similar to Jackson's, and continued Jackson's policies. In places like Pennsylvania, Virginia, and New York, which were Democratic strongholds, support for Van Buren was great. During this time ... This hurt the southern economy drastically (Hoyt 107-108). The beginnings of the depression had begun, and the cause for it was given to Andrew Jackson. Jackson shut down the Second National Bank, and ordered withdraw of federal funds from it which caused credit t...

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... she intended to help American soldiers sick in British prison ships, but while nursing the plague-ridden men, she caught cholera herself and died. Andrew Jackson's response, "I felt utterly alone", was all that needed to conclude his feelings about events at that time. The following years after that, ... in Congress recalled his troops, and along the hardship-filled way back (through Indian territory, without pay, transportation, or medicine) to Nashville, Jackson received the nickname that would cling to him forever-Old Hickory-because of his willingness to walk alongside his troops in...

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... British, many Americans began to like this whiskey drinking westerner. Not only was he a general, but soon after the War of 1812 Andrew Jackson ran for president. Although he won the popular vote and electoral vote, he did not win the majority vote. Therefore, the decision went to ... they were the guardians of political democracy this country would be much different than it is today. With the so-called "Tariff of Abominations," Jackson once again illustrated that political democracy would not become during his presidency. The tariff was being constanly raised since it was first brought...

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... could not compromise on. In the election of 1824, also known as the "Corrupt Bargain", there were four main candidates, Jackson, Clay, Crawford, and Adams. Jackson received the most popular and electoral votes, but failed to get the majority of the Electoral College. When this vote went to the ... dealt with any Indian related things. Under Jacksons rule, the creation of the two party systems was under way. The party who opposed "King Jackson" was the Whigs. The wigs supported Henry Clay's American System and internal improvements. This two party system opened people's eyes to true demo...

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... election of 1824. The election began the era of "hard feelings-. There were five nominees in the election including John Adams and Andrew Jackson. Jackson earned the highest percentage of the popular vote at 41.3 percent. Since this was still not majority the twelfth amendment stated that the winner ... would have to be chosen by House of Representatives from the top three candidates. Jackson expected to win, figuring that the House would act on his strong showing. However, Clay, as Speaker of the House, used his influence ... to sway the vote to Adams. This created the two party syste...

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... thing that effected the election of 1824 was the regional differences which soon led to the split in the Republican Party. Jackson soon won the most popular votes and with that you would think he would become president but no. since Henry clay also was running he gave his ... electoral votes to Adams and Adams became president. Over the next four years the split between Jackson and Adams grew. Jackson belived that he represented the "common people". He also believed Adams represented the Easterners. This dispute created another two party system. The supporters of ... Democrats. The supp...

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... , which was a rule created to lessen the time spent discussing or debating on the issue of slavery. Another tariff was placed on Great Britain's goods in 1828. Jackson's vice-president, John C. Calhoun, called the 1828 tariff a Tariff of Abominations, a "disgusting and loathsome" tariff. As an agricultural region dependant on cotton, the ... South became fed up with this unfair treatment and threatened to secede from the Union. This threat angered President Jackson, who had proposed the Force Bill. This was a bill that gave permission to Jackson to use troops if necessary against the Sou...

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