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In his first election Andrew Jackson won the popular vote, but not the electoral vote and the House of Reps did chose John Quincy Adams as president

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The common school concept was part of the Whig party response against Andrew Jackson's ideas of anti-federalism and the common man.

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Initially in New England, common school was tuition-free, open to "all" children (excluding black children and sometimes immigrant Catholics), and often supported by property taxes.

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Common school was focused on recitation (although it was not fully supported by all reformers) and reading that imparted moral lessons.

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Approximately 120 million(!!!) copies of the McGuffey Readers (a common book series used in schools) were sold between 1836 and 1960.

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The was a big focus on teaching morals, Christian stories, and literature, as well as using schools to assimilate the large number of immigrants that had arrived in the US.

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Some common school supporters, like Horace Mann, argued that poor and working class members of society benefit from common schools because it allows for upward mobility. He said education "is the great equalizer of the conditions of men." This is still an argument made in favor of education today.

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The stereotypical view of a teacher being a woman began in this era, first because women could be paid less. Teachers in older grades and the higher-ups were still men. This is still the common make-up of many schools today, where elementary teachers are predominantly women and most principals, superintendents, and other higher-ups are men.