president #6 john quincy adams 1825-1829 vice president: john c. calhoun

President #6John Quincy Adams

1825-1829 Vice President: John C. Calhoun

The “Corrupt Bargain”

Key Events • Election of 1824• Building of Roads, Bridges,

Canals, and (gasp) even an Observatory

• Egghead• Hot House Orchids• Return to the House of

Representatives• “Give Us us Free!”

J.Q. Adams defended the slaves who captured The Amistad in 1839.

President #7Andrew Jackson

1829-1837Vice Presidents;a) John C. Calhoun 1829-1832b) Martin Van Buren 1833-1837

Calhoun Van Buren

Old Hickory/Sharp Knife

Key Events• 1st Democrat• Jacksonian Democracy• People’s Inaugural (cheese)• Spoils System• Kitchen Cabinet• Indian Removal Act/ Trail of

Tears• National Bank Crisis• Nullification Crisis

White Americans loved Jackson as the Hero of New Orleans and champion of the common people, but to Native Americans, he was no hero.

President #8Martin Van Buren

1837-1841Vice President:Richard M. Johnson

Did Richard M. Johnson kill Tecumseh?

Old Kinderhook

Key Events• Van Buren was not Jackson• The Little Magician• First President to ride on a

train• Panic of 1838

Van Buren was often portrayed as a sly fox.

President #9William Henry Harrison

1841 (died) Vice President: John Tyler

Old Tippecanoe

Key Vents• Tippecanoe & Tyler Too• Whig Party• Log Cabins and Hard Cider• No Coat

Keep The Ball Rolling

President #10John Tyler

1841-1845 His Accidency• Acting President?• Pro-slavery• Favored westward

expansion• Tried to annex Texas• Hated by Whigs and

Democrats

John Tyler had no Vice President