... ; by the time of his second campaign for office. Thanks to his copious public support and due to the "Corrupt Bargain" which charred the reputation of his opposition, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson became the seventh president of the United States in 1828. His reign as president is speckled with moments of strong leadership and forceful negotiations in the ... appoint many of his comrades and loyal supporters into the newly vacant offices. Although Jackson insisted that this post-inaugural job shuffle was simply a "rotation in office," the scheme was dubbed "the spoils system" after S...

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... deepening inequalities among whites. Numerous events during and after the misnamed Era of Good Feelings "among them the neo-Federalist rulings of John Marshall's Supreme Court, the devastating effects of the panic of 1819, the launching of John Quincy Adams's and Henry Clay's American System "confirmed a growing impression that power was steadily flowing into the hands of a small, self-confident ... election of 1824, Jackson expanded upon his political base in the lower and mid-South, pulling together many strands of disaffection from around the country. But in successfully challenging ...

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