John Quincy Adams was the 6th US President from 1825-1829. In the 1824 election, there were four candidates from the single Jeffersonian Republican party, including Adams. Andrew Jackson received the most popular votes but no candidate won a majority, so the House of Representatives elected Adams. When Adams appointed Henry Clay, who had supported his candidacy, as Secretary of State, it fueled accusations of a "corrupt bargain" between the two. Adams' presidency was hindered by this accusation as well as rising sectionalism over high tariffs and a lack of congressional support, and he served only one term.

1. John Quincy Adams
6th President
1825-1829

2. • From 1816 to 1824 only one political party existed in the U.S.
• During the election of 1824, these “Jeffersonian Republicans” had four
candidates for the presidency
• The party nominated William H. Crawford
• The other three were “favorite son” candidates.
- this referred to a candidate who received backing from his home
state rather than from the national party

3. • The favorite son candidates were:
- Andrew Jackson from Tennessee
- Henry Clay from Kentucky
- John Quincy Adams from Massachusetts
• Though Jackson received the largest number of popular votes, no candidate
received a majority (more than half) of the electoral votes
• According to the 12th Amendment, when this occurs, the election is decided
by the House of Representatives
• The House elected John Quincy Adams

4. • Speaker of the House Henry
Clay had given his support to
Adams
• When Adams selected Clay to
be his Secretary of State,
Jackson’s supporters said this
was a “corrupt bargain”

5. • In 1828, Congress passed a high tariff on manufactured goods from Europe
• Northern manufacturers welcomed the tariff because it made goods from
Europe more expensive, so Americans would be more likely to buy American
made items
• In the South, the tariff was hated; they argued that the tariff would keep
Europe from buying their goods, and would drive prices up.
• They called it the Tariff of Abominations

7. • The “corrupt bargain”,
the rise in sectionalism
between the North and
South, passing the Tariff
of Abominations, and
lack of support from
Congress caused Adams’
presidency to starkly
contrast Monroe’s
• John Quincy Adams
would serve only one
term as president