POLITIC OF THE PEOPLE

THE ELECTION OF 1824

• Clay, Crawford, Jackson and Adams competed
• No one got more than 50% of vote
• Congress had to decide who was going to win
• Adams won, but people thought he made a secret deal
• People were bitter and made it hard for him as President

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JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY

• Democrat-Republican party split
• Jackson said Adams cared only about rich people
• Jackson worked to let more (poorer) people vote
• Jackson won next election
• His win was called a win for common people

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THE PEOPLE'S PRESIDENT

• Jackson overcame tough childhood to be president
• He was first president not from a wealthy family

JACKSON TAKES OFFICE

• Inauguration was a big party
• Jackson was sad, though
• His wife had just died from heart attack

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A NEW POLITICAL ERA BEGINS

• Jackson replaced many people in government
• He gave jobs to people who supported him
• This was called the spoils system

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