Transcript Guided Reading Activity 11-1

Guided Reading Activity
11-1
Outlining
I. The Election of 1824
A. Introduction – How many candidates
ran for President?
 - Four
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B. Striking a Bargain – Who selects the
president when no candidate receives a
majority of electoral votes?
 - House of Representatives
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C. The Adams Presidency – Why was
Adams unable to achieve his policy
objectives after the congressional
elections of 1826?
 - His enemies controlled both the House
and the Senate
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II. The Election of 1828
A. Introduction – What negative element
was introduced into the campaign?
 - mudslinging
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B. Jackson Triumphs – What were the
results of the election?
 - Jackson won in a landslide with 56% of
the popular vote and 178 electoral votes
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III. Jackson as President
A. Introduction – What qualities did Jackson
have that most Americans admired?
 - He was a patriot, a self-made man, and a war
hero
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B. New Voters
- 1. What did Jackson promise for all Americans?
-----”equal protection and equal benefits”
- 2. Who could not vote?
-----women, African Americans, Native
Americans
C. Spoils System – Who did the Democrats
want to have government jobs?
 - ordinary citizens
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D. Electoral Changes – When and where
did the Democrats hold their first national
party convention?
 - 1832 – Baltimore, Maryland
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IV. The Tariff Debate
A. Introduction – Why did American
manufacturers welcome the tariff?
 - The tariff made European goods more
expensive, so Americans would buy American
made products
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B. The South Protests – What did some
Southerners threaten?
 - to have some southern states break away from
the United States and form their own
government
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C. The Webster-Hayne Debate – Who
defended the Constitution and the Union?
 - Senator Daniel Webster
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D. Jackson Takes a Stand – Did President
Jackson support states’ rights or the
preservation of the Union?
 - Jackson supported the preservation of
the union
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E. The Nullification Crisis – What did the
Force Bill allow?
 - The Force Bill allowed the United States
military to enforce acts of Congress
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