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Adams v. Jackson: The Election of 1824
James Monroe’s two terms in office as president of the United States (1817–1825) are often called the “Era of...
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The US and Spanish American Revolutions
If one says “American Revolution” in the United States today, it is assumed that what is being referred to is the North American liberation struggles against the British Empire in...
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Andrew Jackson re-elected
Andrew Jackson beat out Henry Clay of Kentucky and third-party candidate William Wirt of Maryland to be re-elected president.
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Bank War
Henry Clay, the Republican nominee for president, proposed the rechartering of the Bank of the United States. Incumbent president and Democrat Andrew Jackson vetoed the rechartering bill in Congress, calling the Bank “unauthorized by the Constitution.” Upon re-election, Jackson announced the deposit of Federal funds in state banks, which led to his censure and the expiration of the Bank’s charter in 1836.
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Nullification crisis
South Carolina, in protest of federal protective tariffs, adopted an Ordinance of Nullification declaring the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 null and void in the state. President Jackson charged that the state was “on the brink of insurrection and treason.” He sent federal military forces to Charleston, but the crisis was resolved with the passage of Henry Clay’s compromise tariff bill in 1833.
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Tariff of 1833
President Andrew Jackson signed Henry Clay’s compromise Tariff of 1833, which reduced duties on imported goods, and the Force Act, which authorized the use of military force to enforce the federal tariff.
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James K. Polk elected president
Democrat James K. Polk was elected president of the United States over Whig candidate Henry Clay.
Glossary Term – Organization
Second Bank of the United States
The second Bank of the United States was chartered in 1816, five years after the demise of the first Bank of the United States. The bank and its president, Nicholas Biddle, came under fire from Andrew Jackson and his supporters in the presidential campaign of 1832, antagonism that continued with Jackson’s election and the Bank War. The bank’s charter expired in 1836, and it was re-chartered as the Bank of the United States of Pennsylvania.
Glossary Term – Organization
Democratic-Republican Party
The Democratic-Republican Party was formed by Thomas Jefferson and others who believed in an agrarian-based, decentralized, democratic government. The party was established to oppose the Federalists who had supported and pushed through the ratification of the US Constitution. The party came into power with Thomas Jefferson’s election in 1801 and held the nation’s highest office through the election of Andrew Jackson in 1824. Jackson’s election was contentious, however, with the party dividing its support between him and John Quincy Adams....
Glossary Term – Person
Henry Clay
Henry Clay (1777–1852), “The Great Compromiser,” began his political career in the Kentucky legislature (1803–1805), where he became known as a talented debater. He was twice appointed to fill unexpired terms in the US Senate (1805–1806, 1809–1810). Voters in his local district repeatedly elected him to the US House of Representatives (1811–1820, 1823–1826), and during most of those years he also served as Speaker of the House. He worked as secretary of state in the John Quincy Adams administration (1825–1829), and then returned to the...