Andrew Jackson Outline

I. President

A. Andrew Jackson

B. March 15, 1767- June 8, 1845

II. Term or terms of office

A. March 4, 1829 Ð'- March 4, 1837

III. Date of election or elections

A. 1824, 1828, 1832

IV. Opponent(s)

A. In 1824 he ran against John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and William H. Crawford (all claim to be Republicans)

1. No candidate won the majority so House of Representatives chose John Quincy Adams

B. In 1828 he ran against John Quincy Adams

C. In 1832 he ran against Henry Clay (Republican), William Wirt (Anti-Masonic, John Floyd (Republican)

V. Political party

A. Democratic-Republican

VI. Domestic Happenings

A. "Corrupt Bargain"

1. During the 1824 election House speaker Henry Clay gave his votes to Adams who then appointed Clay Secretary of State

a. Some believe a bargain between the men was made beforehand

B. Spoils System

1. Believed in "rotation in office"

2. Encouraged political supporters with political office to be rewarded for loyalty

C. Removal of National Bank

1. Jackson disliked the Bank because it exercised too much control, made the rich richer, and put too much strength into a single institution

a. Vetoed bank re-charter in 1832

D. Tariff of 1832 (Abominations)

1. Tariff passed in 1828 that was to protect industry in northern U.S. from competing European goods by increasing prices of European products

2. Prompted South Carolina to succeed from Union because of its effect

E. Nullification Crisis

1. South Carolina attempted to nullify a federal law passed by Congress

a. Believed the state had the individual right to defy the federal government

2. Nullification Proclamation: states and municipalities are forbidden from nullifying federal laws

3. South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification

F. Compromise of 1833

1. Adopted to gradually reduce the rates after southerners objected to the protectionism found in the Tariff of 1832

G. Indian Removal Act (1830)

1. Transplanted Creek, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Choctaw, and Seminole tribes east of the Mississippi to west of it

2. Empowered him to lay off new Indian homelands west of the

Mississippi, exchange them for current tribal holdings, purchase the Indians' capital improvements, and pay the costs of their westward transportation

3. Caused "Trail of Tears"

H. Force Bill

1. Authorized