HST 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: National Republican Party, Strict Constructionism
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Age of jackson 1814-1836 it"s becoming harder to get loans. No slavery in ohio, indiana, illinois, michigan. Missouri wants to come into the union. National republicans want national entity and might advocate the american system, led by henry clay, daniel webster, and john c calhoun roads. Democratic republicans say the people are more important than the country. Jackson lead by andrew jackson fearless, ruthless, tenacious, and vindictive to him, the american people are represented by andrew jackson. Someone put a pistol to andrew jackson"s chest and it does not fire. Crawford then andrew jackson takes his cane and beats the guy up. Almost half of america votes for jackson. With no majority, it goes to the house of representatives. 68% of the electoral vote goes to jackson. How do we get the people? it is no longer just a contest between elite gentlemen.
