Manifest Destiny Mr. Martin Bach Hudson High School Accelerated United States History
The Re-Emergence of the Two Party System DemocratsDemocrats The people (or states) as a vehicle of economic expansionThe people (or states) as a vehicle of economic expansion Anti-Corporations (agrarian-focused)Anti-Corporations (agrarian-focused) State banks (or none at all)State banks (or none at all) Hard currencyHard currency Whigs Government as a vehicle of economic expansion Pro-Corporations National bank Paper currency Social reforms (largely evangelically motivated)
Democrats Whigs Martin Van Buren William Henry Harrison
The Log Cabin Campaign
The Hard Cider Campaign
“His Accidency”
Manifest Destiny “American Progress” by John Gast, 1872
What were the Causes of Manifest Destiny?
The Republic of Texas
Disputes with England Aroostook War of ’40 or Fight!