King or President ANDREW JACKSON
Jan 02, 2016
King or President
ANDREW JACKSON
• 4 Candidates: - Andrew Jackson – 1st - John Q. Adams – 2nd - William Crawford – 3rd - Henry Clay – 4th
• No one got the majority of the Electoral College vote
• House of Representatives gets to decide the election – Clay is the Speaker of the House
• Results of the House vote: - John Quincy Adams = President ** Henry Clay = Secretary of State
ELECTION OF 1824 “THE CORRUPT BARGAIN”
• Republicans – President John Quincy Adams
• Democrats – Andrew Jackson
• No issues were debated on each other’s character
• Results =
- President Andrew Jackson
ELECTION OF 1828 – MUDSLINGING ELECTION
Jackson
Adams
KING ANDREW THE FIRST
14A: WASHINGTON AT A PRESIDENTIAL RECEPTION
14B: JACKSON STOPS TO GREET PEOPLE AFTER HIS ELECTION IN
1828
14C: JACKSON’S INAUGURAL PARTY
14D: FROM THE FRONTIER TO THE WHITE HOUSE
14E: JACKSON’S APPROACH TO GOVERNING
14F: NULLIFICATION CRISIS
14G: JACKSON BATTLES THE BANK OF THE UNITED
STATES
14H: JACKSON’S INDIAN POLICY