3. Jackson was most popular
He didn’t have the electoral vote
Twelfth Amendment says the House of
Representatives decides from top 3 candidates
Now between Crawford, Jackson, and Adams
Clay supports Adams, Adams wins
Adams makes Clay the Secretary of State
Called the “Corrupt Bargain”
4. One of least successful
presidents
Unpopular with the people
Stubborn and grumpy
For nationalism while
most were for states’
rights and sectionalism
6. Had split popular votes
Jackson had most electoral votes
Jackson became the president
Jackson was a good, well-liked president
7. Republican party split into the Democratic-
Republicans and the Nationalist-Republicans
Political center moving towards emerging
states and not the eastern states
Common man began to fight against
corruption in politics
8. The American Pageant: Fourteenth Edition
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/president
s/johnquincyadams
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/president
s/andrewjackson
http://www.sparknotes.com/biography/jacks
on/section7.rhtml