(Lecture 6) Common People: Democracy and Reform in the Age of Jackson

Question 1

What is the term that underpins Jackson’s time as President?

Answer 1

‘the age of the common man’

Question 2

How is Jackson seen as a symbol of new democratic spirit?

Answer 2

Stump speaking
Expansion of franchise
Move from indirect to direct election of the president.

Question 3

What was Jackson’s nickname?

Answer 3

Old Hickory

Question 4

Who was the franchise expanded to under Jackson?

Answer 4

Lower-class white males

Question 5

What were the liabilities to Jackson’s campaign?

Answer 5

His roots.
Backcountry culture.
Chequered past.
Military figure.

Question 6

What was Jackson’s plantation home called?

Answer 6

The Hermitage

Question 7

What was the corrupt bargain of 1824?

Answer 7

House elected John Quincy Adams over Jackson.
Believed that Henry Clay (the Speaker) convinced Congress to elect him, then was made Secretary of State.

Question 8

What was the anti-Jackson media?

Answer 8

‘King Andrew the First’

Question 9

Who wrote the Wyoming Letters? What were they?

Answer 9

Colonel John Eaton
Support of Jackson’s presidency