1828
Andrew Jackson and the 1828 map
Andrew Jackson decisively defeated incumbent John Quincy Adams in a rematch driven by Jackson's furious populist campaign against the 'Corrupt Bargain' of 1824. Jackson carried the South and West by enormous margins, running as the champion of ordinary frontier and working-class voters against the Eastern elite. The election was extraordinarily bitter, featuring personal attacks on both candidates and their wives. Jackson's victory marked the beginning of Jacksonian Democracy and the modern Democratic Party.
Revenge for the 'Corrupt Bargain'; democratic reform; tariff policy
Bitter rematch of 1824; marked the rise of Jacksonian Democracy and mass-participation politics
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