...President Jackson and these efforts came to fruition in 1836 when Van Buren ran as Jackson's chosen successor. In fact, it appears that Jackson and key members of the Democratic Party had rallied behind Van Buren as their candidate for 1836 as much as two years before that contest. Van Buren had little trouble securing the nomination, winning it on a unanimous, first ballot vote at the convention. Van Buren's running mate was Congressman Richard Johnson of Kentucky. Martin Van Buren presented his candidacy as a continuation of Jackson's policies, which it was. Many voters, particularly in Democratic strongholds like Pennsylvania, Virginia, and his native New York,...
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...balances. 55. In the 1820s and 1830s the public’s attitude regarding political parties a. grew more negative. b. saw little change from the early years of our nation. c. reinforced the belief of the Era of Good Feelings. d. accepted the sometimes wild contentiousness of political life. e. none of the above. 56. By the 1840s new techniques of politicking included all of the following except a. the use of banners. b. free drinks. c. parades. d. baby kissing. e. deference. 57. By the 1840s voter participation in the presidential election reached a. nearly 50 percent. b. 25 percent. c. 40 percent. d. 15 percent. e. nearly 80 percent. 58. Match each individual below with the correct description. A. Andrew Jackson 1....
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...period, known as the “Era of Good Feelings” marked the initial change in participation in political campaigns followed by Andrew Jackson’s presidency and the rise of the Whig Party in opposition. During the “Era of Good Feelings,” James Monroe, a Democrat-Republican was elected as president. At this point, there is less discrepancy between political candidates as there is a singular party. However, the election of 1824 between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson ends the country’s mediation. The House of Representatives is forced to choose the winner as no candidate won the majority of electoral votes. Despite Andrew Jackson earning more popular votes, John Quincy Adams is selected as the sixth president of the United States. Due to John Quincy Adam’s close relationship with Speaker of the House, Henry Clay, Jackson denounced the election a “corrupt bargain.” In Document C, future American president Martin Van Buren, criticizes the perceived misconduct and states that “combing Genl. Jackson’s personal popularity with the portion of old party” is the only way to restore the virtue of the American...
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...Whigs, as well as Democrats, defended the common man and organized the masses at barbeques and rallies. Both parties appealed to ordinary voters with riveting stump speeches and by crafting candidates into folk heroes. Whigs answered the popularity of "Old Hickory" Andrew Jackson, hero of New Orleans, with figures like "Old Tippecanoe" William Henry Harrison, victor of the rousing "log cabin" presidential campaign of 1840. With both parties chasing every vote, turnout rates spiraled up toward 80 per cent of the eligible electorate by...
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...27 The Whigs employed the same tactics as Jackson’s campaigns from 1824, ’28, and ’32. Without a platform, the party used slogans, chants, and the democrats words against them. 28 In fact, the “Log Cabin and Hard Cider” slogan came from a Democrat editor. While the Harrison made far more noise than Van Buren, the popular vote was very close, Harrison with 146,843 more than Van Buren from a total vote count of more than two and a half million. With this victory, the Whigs proved that they also had the capability to put an “impoverished” Westerner in the White House. Underneath all of the politicking, this was a massive decision for the American people. The United States was still suffering from its largest economic panic, and the two candidates represented two different economic platforms. 29 By choosing Harrison, the people social programs and increased Federal power. Harrison’s victory led to another massive shift in power as the Whigs gained the spoils of the Presidency. 27 Kennedy, American Pageant, 270 28 Kennedy, American Pageant, 271 29 Holt, Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party: Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War,...
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...Chapter 7: The Rise of Manufacturing and the Age of Jackson (1820–1845) THE GROWTH OF THE FACTORY Economic growth was a key component of Henry Clay’s American System, and in the aftermath of the War of 1812, measures were taken to expand American industry. American industries were protected by the Tariff of 1816, which raised import tariffs by 25 percent. At the same time state governments began improving road, river, and canal transportation systems. Before 1820 almost all products made in America were completed using a system borrowed from Europe called the putting-out system. Under this system merchants would buy the raw materials, recruit dozens, or in some case hundreds, of farm families to do the work, and then sell the finished product. Many shoes in New England were made in this manner; women and children would make part of the shoe, which would be finished by experienced shoemakers. Beginning in the late 1780s the textile industry started to use power-driven machines and interchangeable parts. All power in these early factories came from water, so the early factories all were located along rivers. Most were located in New England or the Middle states. In the 1790s factories like those in Lowell, Massachusetts, began to weave cotton imported from the south. With the introduction of the cotton gin in the same decade, more cotton became available, and production boomed. By 1840 the textile industry employed nearly 75,000 workers, with almost half of...
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...the election of 1824, each of the four presidential candidates, who claimed to be Democratic-Republican Party members, competed against each other. John Quincy Adams held strong relations which connected him to the commercial interests of the Northeast. Henry Clay ran for Western expansion despite his claims for resolving the slavery issues....
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...relatively easy too. However, ask who the ninth President is and there may be no response from a student or an adult. President Harrison played a key role in the development of our nation and should be honored for his service and his many other accomplishments for this country. He was the youngest of seven siblings and was born into a wealthy and politically involved family on February 9th, 1773 (Ohio History, n.d.). His father who was a three term Governor, signed the Declaration of...
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...new party called the Whig Party, as the successors of the Federalists. Both the Democratic Republicans and Whig Parties supported the right to vote, but wanted other rights only for eligible white males who owned land. The Whig Party was much stronger in the Northeast United States than in the Southern and Western U.S. Merchants were often Whigs; farmers were not. Even though both parties agreed with voting, conflicts still arose between the two. Conflicts of personality often triumphed policy after election of Whig party’s first presidential candidate, William Henry Harrison. In 1840 the Whig party could not decide on a campaign issue of focus for their platform, eventually becoming known as “Hard Cider Campaign.” The Whigs used alcohol and parties to persuade voters. Within a decade, President Abraham Lincoln wanted to ban slavery and won the election as a Republican (Changing the dying Whig party because he was the first Republican candidate) immediately preceding the American Civil War. During the Civil War, Lincoln relied on Republicans for support; succession had stripped the Democratic Party although it was still competitive throughout the war. Democrats almost won the election of 1864 against Republican Lincoln, who ran for a second term. After defeat of the Confederacy in 1864, Lincoln wanted to strengthen their party by adding votes from newly freed slaves, but the program collapsed when violence struck in the South. Led by white males, the South regained its power...
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...elections drastically changed due to an overall increasing interest in politics from American citizens, as well as more politicians attempting to appeal to the “common man”. The percentage of eligible voter participation and the percent of states allowing voters to choose presidential electors rose dramatically...
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...At first he professed no interest in the office, but by 1824 his supporters had gathered enough support to get him a nomination as well as a seat in the U.S. Senate. Jackson won the popular vote, but for the first time in history no candidate received a majority of electoral votes. The House of Representatives was deciding between the three leading candidates, which were Jackson, Adams and William H. Crawford. Critically ill after a stroke, Crawford was out, and Speaker of the House Henry Clay threw his support behind Adams, who later made Clay his secretary of state. Jackson’s supporters argued against what they called the “corrupt bargain” between Clay and Adams, and Jackson himself left from the Senate. Andrew Jackson won four years later in an election. But, Jackson and his wife were accused of adultery on the basis that Rachel had not been legally divorced from her first husband when she married Jackson. After his victory in 1828, Rachel died at the Hermitage; Jackson believed this had rushed her death. The Jacksons did not have any children but were close to their nephews and nieces, and one...
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...Revised May 1992 THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE by William C. Kimberling, Deputy Director FEC Office of Election Administration (The views expressed here are solely those of the author and are not necessarily shared by the Federal Election Commission or any division thereof.) In order to appreciate the reasons for the Electoral College, it is essential to understand its historical context and the problem that the Founding Fathers were trying to solve. They faced the difficult question of how to elect a president in a nation that: • was composed of thirteen large and small States jealous of their own rights and powers and suspicious of any central national government contained only 4,000,000 people spread up and down a thousand miles of Atlantic seaboard barely connected by transportation or communication (so that national campaigns were impractical even if they had been thought desirable) believed, under the influence of such British political thinkers as Henry St John Bolingbroke, that political parties were mischievous if not downright evil, and felt that gentlemen should not campaign for public office (The saying was "The office should seek the man, the man should not seek the office."). • • • How, then, to choose a president without political parties, without national campaigns, and without upsetting the carefully designed balance between the presidency and the Congress on one hand and between the States and the federal government on the other? Origins of the Electoral...
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...were planning movement westward in the Land Ordinance of 1785 which divided up the western frontier. Then, in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, Congress provided a method for admitted new states into the union. Once Native Americans were forced to relinquish their lands after the victories of William Harrison and Andrew Jackson, American dreams of westward migration came to fruition. With a growing population and increased economic pressures after the embargo in the Northeast, many fled to the west looking for a better life. Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas provided fertile new land for southern farmers who had long-since exhausted their land’s soil. The promise of cheap, fertile land drew droves of Americans to the west. This mass migration created many more problems than it repaired. As a result of the westward migration, political tensions between the various regions of the United States flared. As the nation expanded, so did the views of the American people. Divisions among political parties led to heated political debates that split the nation. During the 1800s, two dominant political parties arose: the Democrats, led by Andrew Jackson and the Whigs or National Republicans, led by Henry Clay. Divisions between the two parties arose on issues such as banking, tariffs, internal improvements, and slavery. After the Panic of 1819, the South and West, composed of a majority of farmers hurt by the depression, demanded the enactment of laws to postpone debt repayment. They disagreed...
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...and was in the 90th regiment. He eventually became Colonel, but while he was a member he got fined for an unknown reason. In his first term he didn’t vote as a democrat or in the Whig party. So he did not get reelected. In 1839 he decided to run again and was going to run as a Whig but another person ran as a Whig so he ended up running as a democrat, and got elected. The Democratic Party became very well-known because of Johnson’s public speaking skills. People in that time period loved to be informed and loved listening to find more out about politics so Johnson used that to his advantage and talked about the ideas and answers the Democratic Party were for. In 1840 Johnson became presidential elector for Tennessee so he became more famous state wide. Even though the president was William Harrison who was not democratic, the state still remained to be democratic because Johnson had such a strong political influence. In 1841 Johnson was elected to the Senate in Tennessee and served one two year term. He had become so financially stable that he was...
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...The Miracle Crop Did you know that there is a plant strong enough to replace plastic, oil, and building materials; and the same plant has been cultivated for the past 12,000 years, yet it has been classified as a schedule one drug? Since it has been harvested, hemp has become one of the most popular crops ever grown. Our founding fathers including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin, all grew hemp on their estates. In the early 20th Century, hemp was outlawed in the United States; even though it had been one of the major crops in the U.S. and was super beneficial. Hemp can be used for building a stronger concrete than we have right now; it is one the most nutritious foods we can harvest today and can yield more than 400 times the amount of paper which we use from cutting down trees on the same land. Hemp can also improve the environment if cotton was substituted for hemp; plus it creates a stronger and more durable fiber. Today hemp is not illegal but we would be better off if it was completely legal and we could start to use hemp as it was suppose to be used. To get a better understanding, let take a look at the impact hemp has had on the world. “For the past twelve thousand years, industrial hemp has been harvested and used throughout almost every nation in the world” (8). “From its beginning, hemp has been used throughout the world for its fiber, seed, and psychoactive effect” (9). “Ancient Chinese techniques of hemp sowing, cultivation, and processing...
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