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jackson was the first president...
- from the west
- nominated at formal party convention 1832
- w/o college ed. (exept washington)
- part of frontier aristocrat, being courtly gentleman
- had one of the finest mansions
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eaton affair
- peggy eaton, wife of sec. of war, was shunned by other cabinet members wives, led by mrs calhoun.
- will become between jackson and calhoun
- aka petticoat wars
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election of 1828
- more common people can vote
- political power shifts west
- wealthy loose political power to poor mass
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4 major deveolpments in jacksons term
- 1.) increased political participation
- 2.) politics dealing w/ native americans
- 3.) protective tariffs and nullification crisis
- 4.) monster bank (economy effected everything in jacksons term)
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tariff of 1828
- unpopular in west and south
- jackson didnt like buy allowed
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tariff of 1832
- higher than tariff of 1828
- mid atlantic states supported
- south carolina said theyd nullify and not pay, jackson sent military
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compromise tariff of 1833
tariff slowly goes down over 10yrs
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election of 1832
- 1st election nominated canadates
- -henry clay (republican)
- -william wirt (antimason)
- -jackson (demo) 55% votes
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indian removal and removal act
- almost finished by 1800s
- killing, enslavement, and land theft became policy under andrew jackson
- supreme court ruled in favor of indians, jackson ignored.
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banking wars
- jackson moved all 7 federal funds to 7 state banks and out of BUS
- said BUS was anti west
- -controlled by elite
- -autocratic and currupt
- BUS last 2yrs then dies
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