presidents 6 through 11; chapters 12 and 13
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Main concepts of administrations from Jackson to PolkTRANSCRIPT
3/23/2010HW: Make sure you are
reading Chapters 12 and 13
One cartoon shows Andrew Jackson hanging JQ Adams, and the other shows him acting like a king and stomping on the Constitution. Are these cartoons legal? Why or why not?
• http://americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/4b1.html
Is this political cartoon legal? Why or why not?
Chapter 12 and Chapter 13
The Next Six Presidents:1. George Washington2. John Adams3. Thomas Jefferson4. James Madison5. James Monroe
6. John Quincy Adams7. Andrew Jackson8. Martin Van Buren9. William Henry
Harrison10.John Tyler11.James K. Polk
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John Quincy Adams
• 1825-1829• Son of John Adams• National Republican• Known for “Corrupt
Bargain” of 1824• Favored Federal
involvement in economy, arts and sciences, internal improvements
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4 ran for President as Republicans in 1824:J. Q. Adams, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, & William CrawfordJackson got the popular vote, but no one got the majority EC vote.
• Clay urged the House to vote for Adams; Clay became Secretary of State.
Andrew Jackson1829-1837
• Democrat-• “Old Hickory”• Born in a log cabin-man
of the people• 1st Westerner in White
House• Hero of Battle of New
Orleans (War of 1812)
Jackson • Opponents called him “King Andrew.” Dems’
Donkey 1st used w/him because of his stubbornness.• Spoils System-rewards for supporters• “Kitchen Cabinet”-unofficial advisors• “War” w/ Nicholas Biddle over Bank of the U.S.• Siding w/ Webster instead of VP Calhoun over Tariff
of Abominations and Nullification Act.• Indian Removal Act, Trail of Tears, & Seminole Wars• Westward movement- Battle of Alamo in 1836• MS Capital named for him
Martin Van Buren1837-1841 • Democrat, Jackson’s 2nd VP
• Inherited economic problems leading to Panic of 1837:– No more Bank of U.S.– States printing lots of $$$.– Public lands for sale went
fast.– Jackson had tried to slow
down land speculation by making them pay in gold or silver.
– When investors tried to cash out paper $ for gold or silver, banks didn’t have it-They closed!
– Depression hit.– Van Buren used laissez faire approach-unpopular!
William Henry Harrison1841
• Whig-New name for National Republicans like JQA. Wanted Federal involvement.
• Campaign: Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too! Slogan; portrayed as man of people, but actually wealthy; much mudslinging
• Gave 100 minute inaugural address in cold and snow w/out hat or coat, caught pneumonia, and died a month later.
• 1st President to die in office.
John Tyler1841-1845
• Whig, but did not support Whig policies
• Vetoed Bank charter• Never elected Pres.
James K. Polk1845-1849
• Democrat• Expansionist- 54°40’ or
Fight! Get OR from Britain. • Opposed by H. Clay, who
did not want to annex TX.• Time of Manifest Destiny• Mexican War, Mexican
Cession, Gadsden purchase