The Rise of a Mass Democracy

 

I.  Popular Democracy

A. "New Democracy"

B. John Quincy Adams (1824)

1. Sectional Opposition

2. "Tariff of Abomination"

II. Andrew Jackson

A. Election of 1828

1. Political Conventions

2. Spoils System/ political machines

3. Ordinary man

B. Scandals

1. PeggyEaton

2. John C. Calhoun C Sectionalism

D. Webster - Hayne  Debate

 

Vocabulary:

 

Denmark Vesey

nullification

rotation in office

"King Caucus"

Anti-Masonic Party

Twelfth Amendment

"corrupt bargain"

Kitchen Cabinet

Davy Crockett

"South Carolina Exposition"

Tariff of 1828

 

1. Andrew Jackson Presidency

A. Nullification Threat

B. Bank of the U.S.

 

II.       Westward Expansion

A. Native Americans

B. Trail of Tears

C. Texas

 

III.   Election of 1836

A. Whigs

B. Martin Van Buren

1. Panic of l837

2. Election of 1840

 

Vocabulary:

 

Nicholas Biddle

Sam Houston

Osceola

Stephen Austin

William Harrison

Sam Houston

John Tyler Santa Anna

nullification

annexation

antislavery

"favorite son"

Tariff of 1832

Specie Circular

Force Bill

Seminole Indians

Lone Star

Democratic Party

Wvhig Party

Anti-Masonic Party

"pet" banks