Election of 1824 & 1828
Andrew Jackson
The Benevolent Empire
Transportation Revolution
Inventors
100

This president wanted scientific exploration of the west and a uniform system of weights and measures. He also felt the government had a moral duty to improve society.


John Quincy Adams

100

What battle gave Jackson the status of a national hero?

The Battle of New Orleans

100

Charles Grandison Finney, Second Great Awakening, evangelical protestantism

Religious Reform

100

This invention increased the speed of goods on canals

Steamboat

100

Created the process of factory work in an assembly line, increased the speed of production.

Francis Cabot Lowell

200

Lost Election of 1824, became Jackson's running mate/vice president

John C Calhoun


200

Jackson popularized what system that rewarded loyal supporters with government jobs

Spoils System

200
Women in particular fought for this in order to improve home lives, immigrants (Irish and German) were blamed for bringing this culture/habit to America

Temperance Movement

200

Helped establish permanent settlements with large markets in the west, land travel

Railroads

200

This father and son created a method to twist wool to be more smooth, created a more efficient waterwheel, and created the Franklin Institute providing high school level education.

Sam & John Sellars

300

A new political weapon, tax on imported goods

Tariffs

300

Jackson was seen as a unique candidate for president for what reason? (This also contributed to the increase in voter participation)

Jackson was seen as a "common man," coming from humble beginnings

300

Creation of prisons, asylums, penitentiaries

Institutions for improvement

300

Major increase in efficiency for trade and transport, cheaper option, led to the boom of the midwest (especially cities like Chicago), limited development by geography

Waterways/Canals

300

Six-Shooter Revolver, create an equality of power as everyone had access to guns, interchangeable parts, efficiency of firing. 

Samuel Colt

400

The goal of this party during the Election of 1828 was to unify a diverse group, and neutralize the antislavery rhetoric in the North

Jackson/National Party

400

Sovereignty of people, states' rights, limited government 

Jeffersonian Democracy

400

Biggest group of people fighting for the Benevolent movement

Middle class (in particular women)

400

This great influx of people created overcrowded cities and less jobs, the creates a move to the West. The ease to move to the west allowed industries and permanent settlements to develop, like the ones in the north, in the west.

Immigration

400

Created the Cotton Gin, also create machines to make parts for other machines

Eli Whitney

500

The amendment used in the Election of 1824 that gave the House the vote between the top three majority votes as there was no electoral college majority.

The 12th Amendment

500

Informal group of trusted advisors, Francis Preston Blair (editor), Amos Kendall (wrote speeches), Roger B. Taney (attorney general, treasury secretary, and chief justice of the Supreme Court), and Martin Van Buren (secretary of state)

Jackson's Kitchen Cabinet

500
The formation of the union, a push for Sundays to be days of rest and religious practices

Sabbatarian Movement

500

This revolution was possible because of the faster and cheaper distribution of products (especially in the west).

Market Revolution

500

Created parts for other machines, the Spinning Jenny, stole ideas from Richard Arkwright

Samuel Slater

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