USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The 1828 campaign was marked by large amounts of “mudslinging", as both parties attacked the personal qualities of the opposing party’s candidate. Jackson dominated in the South and the West, aided in part by the passage of the Tariff of 1828.

Detailed explanation-2: -(Learn how and when to remove this template message) Negative campaigning is the process of deliberately spreading negative information about someone or something to worsen the public image of the described. A colloquial, and somewhat more derogatory, term for the practice is mudslinging.

Detailed explanation-3: -The campaign was marked by large amounts of nasty “mudslinging.” Jackson’s marriage, for example, came in for vicious attack. When Jackson married his wife Rachel in 1791, the couple believed that she was divorced, however the divorce was not yet finalized, so he had to remarry her once the legal papers were complete.

Detailed explanation-4: -Andrew Jackson was elected president in 1828, defeating incumbent John Quincy Adams.

Detailed explanation-5: -During the contested election of 1824, followers of Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams began calling themselves National Republicans, and backers of Andrew Jackson emerged as Democratic Republicans. By the election of 1828, the Jacksonians had become known simply as the Democrats.