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5.04 Jacksonian Democracy
Total Points: 44
Part 1: Chart
Complete the chart to describe Jackson’s policies, practices, and other aspects of
Jacksonian Democracy and explain how they impacted the United States both during and
after his presidency.
Policy / Practice /
Description
Event
Spoils System This practice was to remove or
fire government officials to
replace the corrupted long-
standing officials with his
supporters.
Nullification Crisis This was a significant event
that dealt with the states rights
versus the federal government.
Common Man Ideal This is the idea that an
ordinary man could have self-
rule over himself.
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Impact
Throughout President
Jackson's decision, this mainly
impacted the officials since
they were fired and replaced
with Jackson's supporters,
where his enemies called this
practice the "Spoils System"
and many drew many political
cartoons depicting what went
on with this practice.
The crisis led to secession and
civil war where even South
Carolina threatened the
secession during the 1830s
because of this event. South
Carolina became the first state
to secede during the 1860 and
at the same time as the civil
war broke out
The idea led Andrew Jackson
to use it to further his political
career and claimed that he
used to be a common man and
he implemented the concept of
the common man leading to
another concept, which is the
Policy / Practice /
Description Impact
Event
Spoils System.
Veto Power Veto power is a legal policy to This policy affected the work of
say no or stop a government the council in ways that
official’s action. impacted voting.

Part 2: Political Cartoon

Next, we’re going to interpret a primary source document by analyzing the political
cartoon below. You may also read through the summary provided by the Library of
Congress included with the image.
SUMMARY:
Title: King Andrew the First
Date Created/Published: [New York? : s.n.], 1833.
Medium: 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 31.7 x 21.4 cm. (image)
Summary: A caricature of Andrew Jackson
as a despotic monarch, probably issued during
the Fall of 1833 in response to the President's
September order to remove federal deposits
from the Bank of the United States. The print
is dated a year earlier by Weitenkampf and
related to Jackson's controversial veto of
Congress's bill to recharter the Bank in July
1832. However, the charge, implicit in the
print, of Jackson's exceeding the President's
constitutional power, however, was most
widely advanced in connection not with the
veto but with the 1833 removal order, on
which the President was strongly criticized for
acting without congressional approval.
Jackson, in regal costume, stands before a
throne in a frontal pose reminiscent of a
playing-card king. He holds a "veto" in his left

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hand and a scepter in his right. The Federal Constitution and the arms of Pennsylvania (the
United States Bank was located in Philadelphia) lie in tatters under his feet. A book "Judiciary of
the United] States" lies nearby. Around the border of the print are the words "Of Veto Memory",
"Born to Command" and "Had I Been Consulted."

1. What is President Andrew Jackson holding in his right hand? What point does this make?

2. What lies in tatters at his feet? What point does this make?

3. What does he hold in his left hand? What point does this make?

4. What overall view of the president does the author of the cartoon convey?

5. Would the author of this cartoon like or dislike Jackson and his policies?

Part 3: Reflection
Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
6. What factors helped Andrew Jackson win the White House in the 1828 election?
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7. How did Jackson and Van Buren impact political parties in the United States?
Write your response below:

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