Chapter 10.1 Flashcards
Jackson wins popular vote, but he didn’t receive majority vote in
Electoral college
Who decided the election
House
Corrupt bargain
Clay supported Adams in the house vote, which helps Adams get elected. Adams would later name Clay Secretary of State. Jackson was angered by this and claimed it to be a corrupt bargain
Democratic Republican Party would be split between followers of
Jackson and John Quincy Adams
Democrats
Jackson followers, represented the common man, majority rule, Jacksonian democracy
Jacksonian democracy
Spreading political power to all people and ensuring majority rule
National republicans
John Quincy Adams followers, ruled by the educated, most of his support was found in the north east
After a nasty campaign, Jackson defeated Adams in the election of 1828 and became known as
Peoples president
Who was Jackson
Poor family, not well educated, studied law; military records and success made him a national hero and he was president in 1828, not 1824
Adams was the first president to not
Be born in a wealthy family, not from Massachusetts or Virginia. He was from Tennessee
Jeffersonian democracy
Government for the people(well educated leaders), democracy in political life, supported the agriculture, limited government
Jacksonian democracy
Government by people, democracy in social economic and political life, supported agriculture and industrial, limited government with a strong president
Spoils system
Giving government jobs to political backers. Or if you get me elected, I will give u a job
Who were the 4 candidates running in the 1824 election
South-Crawford; north-John Quincy Adams; west: Clay; west-Jackson
