election of 1836
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Election of 1836. Depression of 1837 to 1843. Foreign Investments The Bank of England curtailed the flow of money & credit to the United States American Economy had been stimulated by such foreign investment Caused local banks to withdraw specie from the circulation Banks Close - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Election of 1836
Depression of 1837 to 1843 Foreign Investments
The Bank of England curtailed the flow of money & credit to the United States American Economy had been stimulated by such foreign investment
Caused local banks to withdraw specie from the circulation Banks Close
Beginning with the Dry Dock Bank of New York City Internal Improvements
States had been extending contracts to build roads, canals, and other internal improvements Nine States defaulted
Statistics Canal Construction dropped 90% Prices rose nearly 50% Unemployment reached almost 50%
“Tippecanoe & Tyler Too!” President Van Buren Blamed
Bank War & the Specie Circular of 1836 Required western settlers to use gold and silver to pay for land purchases
Shipment of Specie to Britain was main cause To pay-off debts
Whigs blamed Van Buren Laissez-Faire Government
President Van Buren advocated limited government Treasury Act of 1840
Delayed recovery Withdrew specie out of Jackson’s “Pet Banks” & deposited it in
government vaults Did no good locked up
Election of 1840 Election of 1840
Whigs learn from losses Nominated the Hero of Tippecanoe
William Henry Harrison of Ohio Puppet for Clay & Webster in Congress
“Tyler Too!” John Tyler of Virginia Truly a Democrat
Split with Jackson occurred w/ Nullification Crisis.
Log Cabin Campaign Whigs projected image of candidate
Hard Cider Drinker Son of wealthy planter & signer
of the Declaration of Independence Van Buren painted as Eastern Aristocrat
Devotee to fancy wines & elegant cloths
Election of 1840 “Tyler Too!”
Hopes of manipulative president die One Month
Tyler truly a Democrat Split in Whig Party allows Democrats to regroup after defeat
American Progress- John Gast (1872)
This April 1836 poster from New Orleans sought volunteers during the Texas War for Independence.
Texas fought and won for independence in 1832-1836
From 1836-1846 the Republic of Texas existed Sam Houston’s sole purpose in life was
to get Texas into the United States of America.
In December 1845 Texas became a state
Texas Independence
Election of 1844
James K. Polk (D) Henry Clay (Whig)
•Promised to annex Texas.•Contested Oregon Territory
in the Northwest.• Vowed to purchase California
Manifest Destiny… One Problem…
President James K. Polk
Both Texas and California were part of Mexico!
Santa Anna President Polk
V.
•Polk and his advisers developed a Three-Pronged attack
•Taylor’s troops would cross the Rio Grande River near the Gulf of Mexico
•Ulysses S. Grant served under Taylor
•Kearny’s troops would take Santa Fe and move on to California
•Scott would take Mexico City by amphibious attack
•Robert E. Lee served under Scott
Mexican-American War
Victory
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo•Mexico gave the United States more than 500,000 square
miles of Territory.
•Mexico also accepted the Rio Grande River as the boarderbetween Texas and Mexico
•The United States paid Mexico $15 million dollars for the land
The Great Awakening’s The First Great Awakening
Period of religious revivalism 1730s & 1740s
Jonathan Edwards’ Sinners in the Hands of an
Angry God Extemporaneous & Itinerant
Preaching Democratic Concepts
Balance in Society Elite & Commoners
Biblical Teachings Equality
Supported Religious Freedom
The Second Great Awakening Period of religious revivalism &
evangelism 1790s to 1840s
Prominent Figures Joseph Smith, Jr.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
John & Charles Wesley Methodist
Campbell’s (Thomas & Alexander) Presbyterian
Reform Movement Temperance Women's rights Abolitionism
Garrison & Evangelical Abolitionism William Lloyd Garrison
Massachusetts born printer The Liberator
Jailed in 1830 for Libel New England merchant engaged
in domestic slave trade. The Liberator
Took radical stance against slavery Condemned the American
Colonization Society Only strengthens Slavery
Rids America of all Freedmen Sought equality for all
Slaves & Women
Theodore Dwight Weld Son of Congregationalist Minister Worked in northern Presbyterian
& Congregationalist churches Published The Bible against
Slavery (1837) American Slavery as It Is:
Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses (1839). “What is the actual condition of
the slaves in the United States?” Sold over 100,000 copies in 1st
year alone.