POST-JACKSON AMERICAAPUSH 4.2

VAN BUREN1836 Election

Van Buren hand-picked by JacksonWhigs try to force it to House and have 3 regional candidates run.

Harrison, Webster, White

Martin Van Buren – 8th President (1837-1841), DemocratOK – “Old Kinderhook”How is Van Buren much like George H.W. Bush (#41) in history?

Click on the title for more info on President Van Buren

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 CampaignDid 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

ONE REALLY GREAT MONTH9th 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 vetoedIndependent Treasury removed (no more BUS again)Entire cabinet resigns and replaced with Democrats

How does Clay like all this?

Click on title for more info on John Tyler

DIPLOMACYCaroline 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 PARTIESWhat is the importance of 3rd or minor parties?

Minor/3rd Parties of the early 1800s:

Anti-Mason Party

American (Know-Nothing) PartyLiberty Party

What were each of them against?