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Chapter 13 Lecture Notes

Washington: 1789-1797
o From Virginia which is important because it is the most powerful state
o Federalists: loose interpretation of the Constitution
Adams: 1797-1801
o From Massachusetts: a Congregationalist
o Was the vice president beforehand
o Also a Federalists with a loose Constitution view
Thomas Jefferson: 1801-1809
o From Virginia
o Also was a vice president and Secretary of State at one point
o Democratic-Republican: a strict interpretation of the Constitution
More power to the states and less to the federal government
o The Federalists thought that the devil was taking over
He was a deist (philosophy but not a religion)
Madison: 1809-1817
o He is from Virginia
o Job before was a Secretary of State
o He was a Democratic-Republican
Father of the Constitution
Wrote the Federalists Papers
o War of 1812 under his presidency
James Monroe: 1817-1825
o He was from Virginia
o Secretary of State before president
o He was a Democratic-Republican
o Big thing in his presidency was the Monroe Doctrine
Nonintervention and noncolonization
John Quincy Adams
o He was from Massachusetts
o Before presidency he was a Secretary of State
o He was a National-Republicanism
These people were more for the power of the government
Elections of 1824
o Jackson would be from Tennessee
This is from a shift from the people shifting to the West
The expansion of the franchise
o Caucus vs. Convention
Caucus was when the members of Congress would come
together to pick a nominee for their president
Doesnt reflect the peoples choice because Congress
picks who they get to vote on
Convention is when the states get to pick their delegates
But if you have too many delegates and parties its too
hard to get the majority
Resulted in

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Jackson Tennessee
More likely to have popular votes because of
his reputation but didnt get the majority
because he is seem as an outsider
J.Q. Adams Massachusetts
Henry Clay Kentucky
Crawford Georgia

The elections of 1828


o Will be based much more around the people

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