Mid19 th Century Presidents and Expansion. Calhoun, Clay, Webster John C. Calhoun (Democrat; South) Henry Clay (Whig founder; “West”) –Great Compromiser.

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Mid19 th Century Presidents and Expansion

Calhoun, Clay, Webster John C. Calhoun (Democrat; South) Henry Clay (Whig founder; “West”) –Great Compromiser Daniel Webster (Whig; North) “Great Triumvirate” Represented regional interests and worked to keep the country out of Civil War

Andrew Jackson Elected 1828 Democrat –Birth of the Democratic Party (“Jackass”) Strong expansionist; spoils system Indian Removal Act 1830 Nullification Crisis “Bank War”

Martin Van Buren Elected 1836 Democrat Panic of 1837 “Trail of Tears” One term

W.H. Harrison – John Tyler Elected 1840; Whig Party –“Tippecanoe and Tyler, too!” Harrison dies after getting pneumonia from inaugural address Tyler – “His Accidency” –Thrown out of Whig Party Annexation of Texas –Just before leaving office

James K. Polk Elected 1844; Democrat Expansionist Mexican-American War –Wilmot Proviso Oregon Territory –“54  50’ or Fight” Chose not to run for second term

Zachary Taylor - Millard Fillmore Elected 1848; Whig Party Taylor dies 1850; Fillmore takes over Compromise of 1850 –California free –Fugitive Slave Act Commodore Perry opens trade with Japan

Franklin Pierce Elected 1852, Democrat Kansas-Nebraska Act –“Bleeding Kansas” Gadsden Purchase Not nominated for second term

James Buchanan 1856; Democrat Dred Scott Case Panic of 1857 Utah War –Buchanan v. Brigham Young Disintegration into Civil War

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