Lesson 1391 of 1524
Jacksonian Democracy, 1820–1840
The early 1800s saw an age of deference give way to universal manhood suffrage and a new type of political organization based on loyalty to the party.
Practice this chapterThe early 1800s saw an age of deference give way to universal manhood suffrage and a new type of political organization based on loyalty to the party. When Adams won through political negotiations in the House of Representatives, Jackson’s supporters derided the election as a “corrupt bargain.” The Tariff of 1828 further stirred southern sentiment, this time against…
The Democratic-Republicans’ “corrupt bargain” that brought John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay to office in 1824 also helped to push them out of office in 1828. The election of 1824 was a fight among Democratic-Republicans that ended up pitting southerner Andrew Jackson against northerner John Quincy Adams.
corrupt bargain — the term that Andrew Jackson’s supporters applied to John Quincy Adams’s 1824 election, which had occurred through the machinations of Henry Clay in the U.S. House of…. universal manhood suffrage — voting rights for all male adults. Trail of Tears — the route of the forced removal of the Cherokee and other tribes from the southeastern United States to the territory that is now Oklahoma. American System — the program of federally sponsored roads and canals, protective tariffs, and a national bank advocated by Henry Clay and enacted by President Adams.
Worked example
What does “corrupt bargain” mean in Jacksonian Democracy, 1820–1840?
- 1Use the wording this chapter gives for corrupt bargain.
- 2The book says: the term that Andrew Jackson’s supporters applied to John Quincy Adams’s 1824 election, which had occurred through the machinations of Henry Clay in the U.S. House of….
- 3Do not use the meaning of universal manhood suffrage. That term means voting rights for all male adults.
Result: the term that Andrew Jackson’s supporters applied to John Quincy Adams’s 1824 election, which had occurred through the machinations of Henry Clay in the U.S. House of…
Why. That is the meaning this chapter gives for corrupt bargain.
Do not swap corrupt bargain and universal manhood suffrage. corrupt bargain means the term that Andrew Jackson’s supporters applied to John Quincy Adams’s 1824 election, which had occurred through the machinations of Henry Clay in the U.S. House of…. universal manhood suffrage means voting rights for all male adults.
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