in 1828, andrew jackson was elected president. he was the first president elected from the democratic party. he changed the government in many ways. since many of his supporters were poor people who had not voted before, he rewarded them with government jobs, which is called "spoils" or "patronage". because of jackson, a new party was formed to run against him called the whigs. this was called the "second party system". jackson was very much against the national bank. he saw it as a symbol of whigs and of powerful american businessmen. jackson also called for a high import tax that the south did not like. they called it the "tariff of abominations". jackson’s vice-president, john c. calhoun, was from the south. he wrote that the south should stop the tariff and perhaps leave the union (secession). these words would be used again during the civil war.