The Rise of Mass Democracy

1st Corrupt Bargain

John Quincy Adams

• Strong nationalist• Lots of money to

internal improvements

• Tried to help Cherokee nation

Election of 1828

• Whole Hog for Jackson!

King Mob

Spoils System

Peggy Eaton (Petticoat) Affair

Tariff of 1828 and Nullification

Webster Hayne Debate

Compromise Tariff of 1833

Trail of Tears

• Indian Removal Act of 1832

The Bank War

• I have always feared banks

Texan Independence

Reemergence of the two party system

Jacksonian Democrats• Common man• Western and Southern• Anti tariffs and banks• Pro Western expansion• Internal improvements are

state responsibility

Whigs• Anti Masonic party• Business• Eastern• Pro Bank and tariffs• Anti Western expansion• Internal improvements

Martin van Buren

Panic of 1837

• Land speculation

• Pet banks• Death of the

bank

Election of 1840

• Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too

• Log Cabins and Hard Cider

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XcDeRJ_Osc