HY 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Nullification Crisis, Indian Removal Act, Political Machine
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3/21/17- the politicization of jacksonian america: a new kind of politics, a new king of party. The opposition: the birth of the whigs: hopes and fears: killing the bank. A new king of politics, a new king of party. By the 1820"s politics were very disorganized and people saw this as an opportunity to build a new political machine. Senator from new york and well-known in political circles for working behind the scenes. Very good at putting coalitions of senators together to pass legislation. Jacksons supporters called themselves the democratic republican party, dropping the later. Formally endorsed a candidate with backing of party. Andrew jackson had the support of a party ahead of its time. Jackson claimed to believe that most activity to take place at the state level rather than the national level. He had to define where did the national government take precedence and one of these situations was tariffs.
