The 1828 Presidential election pitted Andrew Jackson against John Quincy Adams and reflected the split of the Democratic-Republican party into the Democrats and National Republicans. Jackson represented the interests of westerners, common workers, and farmers while Adams supported the interests of wealthy merchants and eastern elites. Jackson promised to uphold the liberties of all people and look out for the common man, in contrast to Adams who favored a strong federal government. This election established Jackson as the first "people's president" and symbolized the transition of American politics to greater populism and democracy.

1. The Presidential
Candidates
Election of 1828

2. John Quincy Adams

3. • Served under Monroe,
negotiated the Adams-Onis
Treaty, wrote the Monroe
Doctrine
Secretary of State
• Won the 1824 election and
served 1 term in office
6th President
• Supported interests of
wealthy business owners,
tried to pass many
internal improvements
National-Republican
Party

4. Andrew Jackson

5. • Served in the first Tenn.
Legislature and in the U.S.
Senate
Government
• Won the 1828 election and
served for 2 terms
7th President
• 1st president elected from
the west, supported the
interests of the common
man
Democratic Party

6. Political Parties Split
National
RepublicansDemocrats
O supported Jackson
and states’ rights.
This was a popular
position in the
South and on the
frontier
O supporters were
mainly in the
Northeast, backed
Adams and a strong
central government
Before the election of 1828, the Democratic-
Republicans split into two parties.

7. Idea of
Government
favored states’
rights
wanted strong
federal government
National Bank opposed national
bank
supported national
bank
Base of
Support
workers, farmers,
immigrants,
westerners
wealthy voters,
merchants,
easterners
Candidate Andrew Jackson John Quincy Adams

9. Jackson was concerned
about the interests of the
common man and promised
to uphold liberty and
independence for all
people.

11. The Candidates
Immigrant family
War Hero
Westerner
Common man
Lawyer & Senator
States’ rights
Weaker federal
government
People’s president
New England family
Son of president
Wealthy
Lawyer
Ambassador &
Secretary of State
Strong federal
government
Jackson Adams
• Career
politicians
• Served in
U.S.
governmen
t
• Presidents
Jackson promised to look out for the interests of the common man
and uphold the people’s rights and liberties.

12. Jacksonian
Democracy
Expanded
suffrage

13. Making the American Political
System more Democratic
• equality among the people of the
newer settlements in the South and
West
• championed greater rights for the
common man

14. the right to vote, especially in a political election
extension of the vote in eastern states to men
without property (in the early days of the
United States, many places had allowed only
male property owners to vote)
Suffrage =

15. Voting Changes Throughout
History
O 14th Amendment, 1870 – former slaves
have citizenship rights
O 15TH AMENDMENT, 1870 – ALL CITIZENS
CAN VOTE REGARDLESS OF RACE OR
COLOR
O 19th Amendment, 1920 – women can vote
O 24th Amendment, 1964 – citizens do not
have to pay a poll tax to vote
O 26th Amendment, 1971 – lowered the
voting age to 18