Table of Contents
List of Illustrations xi
Series Foreword xiii
Preface xv
Introduction xix
Chronology xxiii
Chapter 1 Party Development in the New Republic 1
Chapter 2 Republicans Assume Control 15
Chapter 3 Political Culture in the Early Republic 29
Chapter 4 Andrew Jackson's Republican Roots 43
Chapter 5 Old Hickory 55
Chapter 6 Setting the Field for 1824 65
Chapter 7 The "Corrupt Bargain" 77
Chapter 8 Forging the Democratic Party 93
Chapter 9 Winning the Presidency 109
Chapter 10 A Scandalous Start 121
Chapter 11 Constructing the Democratic Party 139
Chapter 12 The Partisanship of Indian Removal 155
Chapter 13 Nationalism versus States' Rights 171
Chapter 14 The Bank War 185
Chapter 15 King Andrew I versus the Whigs 199
Conclusion: The Significance of Jacksonian Democracy 219
Analytical Essays 229
Counterfactual Essay: The Nullification Crisis 229
Defining Moments Essay: Indian Removal and the Bank War 235
Perspectives Essay: Was the Result of the Presidential Election of 1824 the Correct One? 238
Primary Document Essay: "King Andrew the First" Cartoon 243
Biographical Essays 247
Thomas Hart Benton 247
Francis P. Blair 248
John C. Calhoun 248
John H. Eaton 249
Duff Green 250
Amos Kendall 251
William B. Lewis 251
James K. Polk 252
Roger B. Taney 253
Martin Van Buren 254
Primary Documents 257
1 Andrew Jackson to William Dickson, September 1, 1801 257
2 Martin Van Buren to Thomas A. Ritchie, January 13, 1827 258
3 First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1829 261
4 First Annual Message, December 8, 1829 264
5 Bank Veto Message, July 10, 1832 268
6 Nullification Proclamation, December 10, 1832 271
7 Protest Message, April 15, 1834 274
8 Farewell Address, March 4, 1837 277
Bibliographical Essay 283
Index 295