The Age of

Jackson
The creation of
Jacksonian
Democracy and the
emergence of the
Democratic Party.
Jacksonian Democracy
 Jacksonian
Democracy
• “Common Man”- gov’t
for the people
• Voting Rights for all
white males
• Strict Conservationism
• Spoils System –
awarding supporters
with Gov’t Jobs
 Major Event #1:
The Nullification Crisis
• Causes:
– Sectionalism – promoting your section of the
country over everyone else.
– Tariff of Abominations - High tariffs placed
on British goods, causing the south to get
angry.
• Signed by John Quincy Adams before leaving the
Presidency.
 Sectional
Differences
North East The South The West

The Business/ Trade/ Imported Furs/ lumber/ mining/

Manufacturing manufactured goods and agriculture
Economy
Agriculture/ Slavery

Government’s Supported High Opposed Gov’t Increase Gov’t

Role Tariffs on British interference spending on roads and
goods canals
No Tariffs on
End federal sale of imported goods Removal of Native
cheap western lands Americans
Spread slavery
Internal Cheap lands
Improvements