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Post-Jackson America. APUSH 4.2. Click on the title for more info on President Van Buren. Van Buren. 1836 Election Van Buren hand-picked by Jackson Whigs try to force it to House and have 3 regional candidates run. Harrison, Webster, White
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Post-Jackson America APUSH 4.2
Click on the title for more info on President Van Buren Van Buren • 1836 Election • Van Buren hand-picked by Jackson • Whigs try to force it to House and have 3 regional candidates run. • Harrison, Webster, White • Martin Van Buren – 8th President (1837-1841), Democrat • OK – “Old Kinderhook” • How is Van Buren much like George H.W. Bush (#41) in history?
New State? • Texas broke away from Mexico and formed their own country. • (more about that in the next unit) • They applied for statehood, but both Jackson and Van Buren did not press the issue. • What scared Jackson and Van Buren enough to not let them in?
I thought Jackson killed the Bus? • When Van Buren became President, the nation had just entered the Panic of 1837. • What was one of the main reasons for that economic downturn? • Van Buren pushes through the Independent Treasury Bill. • Independent Treasury = B.U.S. • How does Jackson like this? • What happens to his support of Van Buren?
After Marshall… • Jackson would appoint Roger Taney as Chief Justice • Taney Court – more for states rights than federal power • Most famous case – Dred Scott decision
Our Greatest President? • 1840 Election - Harrison • “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too” • Log Cabin Campaign • Did he ever live in a cabin? • Hard cider campaign • Meanwhile, how is Van Buren viewed? • This is the one election that any Whig running probably would have won. But did Henry Clay run this time? • Whig – Harrison • Democrat – Van Buren
Click on title for more info on John Tyler One really Great Month • 9th President – William Henry Harrison, Whig, 1841 • Dies after one month in office • “His Accidency” takes over – 10th President John Tyler (1841-45) • Does a V.P. that takes over have same powers? • Whigs finally have a man in office, but Tyler doesn’t act like a Whig. • Internal Improvements Bill vetoed • Independent Treasury removed (no more BUS again) • Entire cabinet resigns and replaced with Democrats • How does Clay like all this?
Diplomacy • Caroline incident (1837) – Americans supplying Canadian insurgents • Creole incident (1841) – Slaves that escaped to Bahamas on ship were said to be free by British • Aroostook War – Fighting over Maine / Canada Boundary • Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842) – Resolved all the issues above
Rise of 3rd Parties • What is the importance of 3rd or minor parties? • Minor/3rd Parties of the early 1800s: • Anti-Mason Party • American (Know-Nothing) Party • Liberty Party • What were each of them against?