Adams aided his own defeat by failing to rein in the pork barrel frenzy sparked by the General Survey Act .
Claiming the people had been cheated of their choice , Jacksonians attacked the Adams administration at every turn as illegitimate and tainted by aristocracy and corruption .
Adams aided Adams ' own defeat by failing to rein in the pork barrel frenzy sparked by the General Survey Act .
Claiming the people had been cheated of their choice , Jacksonians attacked the Adams administration at every turn as illegitimate and tainted by aristocracy and corruption .