soc studies #28 martin van buren plus
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Martin Van BurenWilliam Henry Harrison
andJohn Tyler
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1. Depression – a period of low economic activity and widespread unemployment
2. Laissez-faire – a policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation’s economy
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• With support from Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party, Martin Van Burendefeated the Whig candidates in the election of 1836
• Van Buren had been Jackson’s vice president during his second term
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• Soon after Van Buren’s election, the country entered an economic depression
• This led to the Panic of 1837
• During this time:
- land values dropped- investments declined
- banks failed- businesses closed
- people lost jobs- farmers lost land
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• President Van Buren believed in the principle of laissez-faire
• However, he did persuade Congress to establish and independent federal treasury in 1840. The government would store its money in this treasury rather than in private banks
• The new system would prevent banks from using government funds to back their banknotes (paper money)
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• Van Buren was criticized by the Whig Party as well as his own party
• In 1840, the Whigs led the “log cabin campaign”
• Their candidate, William Henry Harrison, needed to win the support of farmers and laborers
• The Whig Party used a log cabin as their symbol to show Harrison as a candidate for the common man (even though he was a wealthy Virginian)
• Harrison’s running mate was John Tyler.
• Their campaign slogan was “Tippacanoe and Tyler Too”
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• Harrison won the election
• Unfortunately, he died on April 4, 1841 – one month after his inauguration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8N7BSsU5oo
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• John Tyler became the first vice president to gain the presidency because the elected president died in office
• Though he belonged to the Whig Party, Tyler supported many ideals of the Democratic Party
• He believed in states’ rights, and he vetoed a bill to re-charter the Bank of the United States
• The Whigs expelled Tyler from the party
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• In the next election in 1844, the Whig’s candidate Henry Clay lost to Democrat James Polk
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