John Quincy Adams and the Corrupt Bargain [1824-1828]
The election of 1824 is decided in the House of Representatives and ushers in the age of the common man.
John Quincy Adams
Election of 1824 |99|84|14
House of Representatives
Henry Clay
The Corrupt Bargain
Vindicating Jackson -The 1828 Election and the Rise of the Two-Party System
The presidential election of 1828 witnessed Andrew Jackson, hero of the Battle of New Orleans,
bounce back from his controversial loss four years earlier to unseat John Quincy Adams.
The Jacksonian C.U.S.P (1828)
Conventions replace "King Caucus”
Universal male Suffrage
Popular elections
Age of the Common man
The deference, apathy, and virtually nonexistent party organizations of the Era of Good Feelings yielded to the boisterous democracy, frenzied vitality, and strong political parties of the Jacksonian era. The old suspicion of political parties as illegitimate disrupters of society’s natural harmony gave way to an acceptance of the sometimes wild contentiousness of political life.
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