JACKSON'S LEGACY

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JACKSON'S LEGACY
Two new political parties emerge

• DEMOCRATS
• Believed in states rights and federal restrain
  in economic and social affairs.
• Opposed economic expansion, corporate charters,
  paper money
• Distrustful of concentrated economic power and of
  moral coersion
• Tended to lean toward pro-slavery
• Protected the common man

• WHIGS
• Strong national government
• Favored the BUS, protective tariffs, internal
  improvements, industry, economic expansion,
  corporate charters, paper currency
• Supported public schools and moral reforms such
  as prohibition of liquor and abolition of slavery
• Best and privileged run the government

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The 1836 Election Results
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The Presidency ofMartin Van Buren

• V.P. Martin Van Buren wins in 1836
• Van Buren did not appeal to the common people
• He took office just weeks before the American
  credit system collapsed Panic of 1837
• Blamed on the Democrats
• Van Ruins Depression
• Established an independent treasury
• Treasury branches would accept and pay out only
  gold and silver coin (not accept paper currency
  or checks from state banks)
• This cost him the next election

Martin Van Buren Old KinderhookO. K.
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Election of 1840

• With the nation in the grip of hard times, the
  Whigs prepared confidently for the election of
  1840
• Strategy Blame the Democrats for the Depression
• It worked. Whigs rallied behind William Henry
  Harrison
• Campaign slogans Log Cabin and Hard Cider
  Tippecanoe and Tyler too Van! Van! Is a
  Used-up Man!
• It was a peoples crusade against the aristocrats
  in the Palace
• Harrison wooed supporters with huge rallies,
  parafes, songs, posters, campaign mementos, and a
  party newspaper
• The Whigs Triumph

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Election of 1840
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The Whigs Triumph (Second Party System)
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William Henry Harrison took office in 1841

• Repealed the independent treasury
• At the age of 68, he caught pneumonia and died
  within a month of his inauguration
• His successor, VP John Tyler, found himself as
  the first vice president to move up to the
  presidency on the death of a president

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To the Whigs dismay, Tyler acted more like a
Democrat

• He often opposed his own partys congressional
  agenda
• Repeatedly vetoed Henry Clays tariffs and
  blocked attempts to revive the Bank of the United
  States
• His entire cabinet resigned
• He became a president without a party and was not
  elected again

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Missouri Comp
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Picture/M.Destiny
MANIFEST DESTINY

• American belief that U.S. would control the
  continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

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Texas War of Independence
TEXAS WAR OF INDEPENDENCE

• Mexico (now an independent country) allowed
  Americans (aka empresarios) to live in areas
  where present day Texas is located
• The only requirements were that they become
  Mexican citizens and do not practice slavery on
  their farms

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Texas War of Independence
TEXAS WAR OF INDEPENDENCE

• Empresarios began moving into Texas in the
  1820s and brought their slaves with them.
• The empresarios started to rebel against the
  Mexican government because they felt their rights
  had been violated
• Empresarios won in 1836

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Texas War of Independence
TEXAS WAR OF INDEPENDENCE

• Texas became its own country with Sam Houston
  president, 1836 to 1845.
• Mexico never recognized the independence of
  Texas.
• Texans decide to apply to become part of the
  United States
• President Jackson and Van Buren refused to
  recognize Texas statehood because of the debates
  surrounding slavery.

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In the last days of his administration, President
Tyler proposed the annexation of Texas.

• In 1843, Britain actively opposed annexation
• The vote was close and divided along sectional
  lines
• The annexation vote was passed in 1845
• Texas was admitted as a slave state

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CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
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Trails
TRAILS WESTWARD
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Oregon fever struck thousands in 1841

• Lured by the glowing reports of missionaries who
  seemed enthusiastic about the Northwests riches
  and beauty, many took the Oregon Trail

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• In 1843, a large group of American expansionists
  demanded the entire Oregon Country for the United
  States, up to its northernmost border at 5440.

• Soon, Fifty-four Forty or Fight became the
  rallying cry of American expansionists