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The Bank War and its Effects
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I) Jackson disliked the national bank
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I) Jackson disliked the national bank
  • A) The US owned 1/5 of the bank, and kept all its
    money there

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I) Jackson disliked the national bank
  • A) The US owned 1/5 of the bank, and kept all its
    money there
  • B) Jackson felt that the bank only benefited the
    wealthy

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I) Jackson disliked the national bank
  • A) The US owned 1/5 of the bank, and kept all its
    money there
  • B) Jackson felt that the bank only benefited the
    wealthy
  • 1) Nicholas Biddle, bank pres., would not accept
    the bank notes of small western banks, making it
    difficult for farmers to borrow money for land

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I) Jackson disliked the national bank
  • A) The US owned 1/5 of the bank, and kept all its
    money there
  • B) Jackson felt that the bank only benefited the
    wealthy
  • 1) Nicholas Biddle, bank pres., would not accept
    the bank notes of small western banks, making it
    difficult for farmers to borrow money for land
  • 2) Jackson accused Biddle of trying to keep
    wealth in the hands of the few (refused to renew
    their charter in 1836)

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C) Henry Clay had a plan to have the charter
renewed
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C) Henry Clay had a plan to have the charter
renewed
  • 1) Ask for renewal prior to the 1832 election,
    forcing Jackson to make a decision

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C) Henry Clay had a plan to have the charter
renewed
  • Ask for renewal prior to the 1832 election,
    forcing Jackson to make a decision
  • a) Renews the charter gt angers the west and south

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C) Henry Clay had a plan to have the charter
renewed
  • Ask for renewal prior to the 1832 election,
    forcing Jackson to make a decision
  • Renews the charter gt angers the west and south
  • Veto charter gt anger the northeast

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C) Henry Clay had a plan to have the charter
renewed
  • Ask for renewal prior to the 1832 election,
    forcing Jackson to make a decision
  • Renews the charter gt angers the west and south
  • Veto charter gt anger the northeast
  • Either way he would lose votes in the election

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C) Henry Clay had a plan to have the charter
renewed
  • Ask for renewal prior to the 1832 election,
    forcing Jackson to make a decision
  • Renews the charter gt angers the west and south
  • Veto charter gt anger the northeast
  • Either way he would lose votes in the election
  • The plan failed b/c the Northeast did not care,
    Jackson won re-election in 1832

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II) The Rise of the Whig Party
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A) The Bank War leads to the Whigs
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A) The Bank War leads to the Whigs
  • 1) The old National Republican Party (J.Q. Adams)
    joined with the bankers, unhappy democrats, and
    states right supporters

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A) The Bank War leads to the Whigs
  • 1) The old National Republican Party (J.Q. Adams)
    joined with the bankers, unhappy democrats, and
    states right supporters
  • 2) The Whigs did not have much power and lost the
    1836 election to Martin Van Buren

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B) In 1837, the country slipped into a horrible
economic depression
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B) In 1837, the country slipped into a horrible
economic depression
  • 1) The Panic of 1837 would be blamed upon Van
    Buren

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B) In 1837, the country slipped into a horrible
economic depression
  • 1) The Panic of 1837 would be blamed upon Van
    Buren
  • 2) In fact, the depression should have been
    blamed on Jackson

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B) In 1837, the country slipped into a horrible
economic depression
  • 1) The Panic of 1837 would be blamed upon Van
    Buren
  • 2) In fact, the depression should have been
    blamed on Jackson
  • 3) His bank policies caused the panic

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C) The Whigs in 1840 Election
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C) The Whigs in 1840 Election
  • 1) Use depression to their advantage, Martin Van
    Ruin

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C) The Whigs in 1840 Election
  • 1) Use depression to their advantage, Martin Van
    Ruin
  • 2) Whigs would nominate William Henry Harrison of
    Ohio (gen.at Tippecanoe, and comes from a poor
    family)

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C) The Whigs in 1840 Election
  • 1) Use depression to their advantage, Martin Van
    Ruin
  • 2) Whigs would nominate William Henry Harrison of
    Ohio (gen.at Tippecanoe, and comes from a poor
    family)
  • 3) Campaign full of mud-slinging

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C) The Whigs in 1840 Election
  • 1) Use depression to their advantage, Martin Van
    Ruin
  • 2) Whigs would nominate William Henry Harrison of
    Ohio (gen.at Tippecanoe, and comes from a poor
    family)
  • 3) Campaign full of mud-slinging
  • a) Dems say Harrison Should sit in his cabin and
    drink cider

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C) The Whigs in 1840 Election
  • 1) Use depression to their advantage, Martin Van
    Ruin
  • 2) Whigs would nominate William Henry Harrison of
    Ohio (gen.at Tippecanoe, and comes from a poor
    family)
  • 3) Campaign full of mud-slinging
  • a) Dems say Harrison Should sit in his cabin and
    drink cider
  • b) Whigs use this and label their campaign as the
    log cabin campaign

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C) The Whigs in 1840 Election
  • c) Whigs use the slogan Tippecanoe and Tyler
    Too!
  • 1) John Tyler is the VP candidate

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D) Whigs Win the 1840 Election
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D) Whigs Win the 1840 Election
  • 1) Harrison dies of pneumonia a month later, and
    Tyler becomes president

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D) Whigs Win the 1840 Election
  • 1) Harrison dies of pneumonia a month later, and
    Tyler becomes president
  • 2) First time VP had become president

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D) Whigs Win the 1840 Election
  • 1) Harrison dies of pneumonia a month later, and
    Tyler becomes president
  • 2) First time VP had become president
  • 3) However, Tyler was a democrat at heart, and
    did not pass Whig plans

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D) Whigs Win the 1840 Election
  • 1) Harrison dies of pneumonia a month later, and
    Tyler becomes president
  • 2) First time VP had become president
  • 3) However, Tyler was a democrat at heart, and
    did not pass Whig plans
  • 4) Whigs throw him out of the party, and will run
    someone else in the 1844 election
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