The Jacksonian Impulse Topic 11 The Jacksonian Impulse

APUSH PowerPoint #4.3 (Part 3 of 3) Unit #4 – Overlapping Revolutions Chapter 9 BFW Textbook TOPIC – Jacksonian Democracy [1825-1845]

Election of 1836 (Cont’d . . .) Whig Party Nominees & Position a. The Whigs nominated three candidates and ran on the platform of more government to create a new national bank and a higher tariff. William Henry Harrison Hugh Lawson White Daniel Webster

Election of 1836

President Martin Van Buren 8th President 1837—1841 Party: Democratic Home State: New York Vice President: Richard Johnson

President Martin Van Buren Foreign Annexation Debate over Texas (1837—1841) Domestic Dealt with the economic Panic of 1837 and depression which followed Dealt with the formation of the opposition Whig Party

A. Van Buren & the New Party System Emergence of the Whigs a. Sources of Support b. Whig Philosophy Democratic Nominees Whig Coalitions Results of the Election

B. Van Buren’s Administration Van Buren Characterize Panic of 1837 Proposal for an Independent Treasury

C. The Election of 1840 Democratic Nominees Whig Nominees Campaigning Results of the Election

C. Presidential Election of 1840(Cont’d . . .) a. The Panic of 1837 revived the Whigs who ran William Henry Harrison and John Tyler. b. The Democrats ran Martin Van Buren. c. The Whigs ran on campaign slogans and parades.

President William Henry Harrison 9th President 1841 Party: Whig Home State: Ohio Vice President: John Tyler

President William Henry Harrison Foreign Annexation Debate over Texas (1841) Domestic First President to die in office First of four Whig Presidents Nickname-- “Tippecanoe” Served for one month (the shortest term of any president)

A Mournful Nation Inaugural Address- After giving one of the longest inaugural address of any president (nearly two and a half hours), Harrison caught pneumonia and became the first president to die in office. Tyler became president.

President John Tyler 10th President 1841--1845 Party: Whig Home State: Virginia Vice President: None

President John Tyler Domestic First Vice-President to become president from the death of a sitting president Did not have a Vice President Nickname– “His Accidency” Foreign Annexation Debate over Texas (1841—1845)

Tyler’s Unpopularity Sectionalism a. Tyler did not select a Vice President and lacked the appeal of Harrison. b. His presidency did strain the nation as the rise of sectionalism occurred over the issue of states’ rights and slavery.

VI. Assessing the Jacksonian Years

A. Mass Political Parties & Increased Voter Participation Party Organization Adult White Males (Nearly 78% Participation in Voting)

B. Brief Survey of Treatment by Historians Historical Debate? Changes Determined by Era

C. A Closing Assessment Student Thoughts on the Role of Jackson in History (make a list of some ideas on Jacksonian Democracy)?

Making Connections – Topic 11 This chapter analyzed the political side of “Jacksonian Democracy.” Topic 12 concludes with an assessment of the accuracy of that term from social and economic perspectives.

Making Connections – Topic 11 John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, and Daniel Webster, three of the statesmen considered in this chapter, continue for many years to be major spokesmen for their positions. Their last great debate, over the Compromise of 1850, is discussed in Topic16.