1 / 31

The Election of 1840

The Election of 1840. Northern Democrats called "Loco-Focos". Whigs. ?What to do with TEXAS?. Causes. 1824 Mexican Constitution Learn Spanish Convert to Catholicism No Slavery Period of decentralized salutary neglect

raven-booth
Download Presentation

The Election of 1840

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Election of 1840

  2. Northern Democrats called "Loco-Focos" Whigs

  3. ?What to do with TEXAS?

  4. Causes • 1824 Mexican Constitution • Learn Spanish • Convert to Catholicism • No Slavery • Period of decentralized salutary neglect • 1836: Santa Anna takes over and changes Mexican version of “A of C” to their version of an national “Constitution” Gov’t. • Texians Revolt

  5. Southern/Western Americans flood into Tejas to support independepdence • And to create another potential slave state • And to make a mark for themselves • Houston • Crockett • Etc. • Alamo • San Jacinto • Annexation??????????????? Not till 1846

  6. DEMS --> Martin Van Buren

  7. Van’s Northern Democratic supporters (loco-focos) ally with Southern WHIGS (Calhoun and Nullification) to win

  8. Van Buren Taking the Blame for His Own and Jackson's Monetary Policies

  9. Whigs attack Van B. on his Independent and Sub-Treasury

  10. Whigs investigate the swarthout Swindle: $1,000,000 Van's sec Of Tresaury

  11. DEMS-->Richard Mentor Johnson, VP

  12. Johnson and his common law wife and children

  13. Growth of abolitionism • But not NEARLY enough to help Johnson and Martin.

  14. J. Q. Adams shut down by “Gag Rule”

  15. Whigs attack Van on his 1838 near war with G.B. over Aroostook land Queen Victoria

  16. WHIGS --> William Henry Harrison Tippicanoe

  17. Sold Harrison as the “Log Cabin” candidate to compensate for Jackson

  18. Van (elite) Harrison (farmer)

  19. Hard Cider Dogs chase Van (the old fox) from the White house Harrison

  20. WHIGS --> John Tyler, VP

  21. “Tippecanoe, and Tyler,Too!”

  22. “Log Cabin” Campaign Pin, 1840

  23. “Log Cabin & Cider” Campaign

  24. West (friontier) VS. East (Elite)

  25. William Henry Harrison Campaign Song • “Tip and Tye”(Words and Music by “ • A member of the Fifth Ward Club“, published 1840) • What has caus'd this great com-mo-tion, mo-tion, mot-ion our coun-try through, It is the ball that's rol-ling on, For Tip-pi-ca-noe, and Ty-ler too, • For Tip-pi-ca-noe, and Ty-ler too, And with them we'll beat lit-tle Van, Van, Van is a us'd up man, And with them we'll beat lit-tle Van.

  26. What ultimately defeats Van

  27. 1840 Election Results

  28. Harrison clears out the Kitchen (cabinet)

  29. Van leaving office Van’s use of Cuban attack dogs in 2nd Seminole War

More Related