1. Fill in your graphic organizer as you view the slides…..
Presidents 8,9 and 10
Fill in your graphic organizer as you view the slides…..

2. The 1836 Election Results
Martin Van Buren
“Old Kinderhook” [O. K.]

3. Photo of Andrew Jackson in 1844 (one year before his death)

4. Meet President Van Buren #8
1st President born- American citizen
Called “The Fox of Kinderhook” (NY)- shrewd lawyer
Smooth talker
Loved to give speeches
NY gov. but resigns to become
Jackson’s Secretary of State

5. The Panic of 1837 Worst economic crisis nation had known
State banks had printed too much $ without gold & silver to back it
618 banks close
Surplus of cotton- leads to price drop
Farmers now can’t pay back loans
Leads to more bank failures
Depression occurs- loss of jobs
90% of US factories close

6. Guess who gets the blame?????
President Martin Van Buren
President Jackson’s policies, however, caused the problems

7. Van Buren Taking the Blame for His Own and Jackson's Monetary Policies

8. Campaigns of 1840 Martin Van Buren vs. William Henry Harrison
Campaign of mudslinging-
Insults at opponents
Rallies, banquets, parades, speeches

9. “Tippecanoe, and Tyler, Too!”
Whig Election Slogan

10. William Henry Harrison Campaign Song
“Tip and Ty” (Words and Music by "A member of the Fifth Ward Club“, published 1840)
What has caus'd this great com-mo-tion, mo-tion, mot-ion our coun-try through, It is the ball that's rol-ling on, For Tip-pi-ca-noe, and Ty-ler too,
For Tip-pi-ca-noe, and Ty-ler too, And with them we'll beat lit-tle Van, Van, Van is a us'd up man, And with them we'll beat lit-tle Van.

11. “TIP AND TY”

12. WHIGS  William Henry Harrison

13. 1840 Election Results Showed Importance of the West

14. A Harrison Bandana

15. William Henry Harrison Wins #9
One of the signers of the Declaration of Independence
Studied medicine
Battle of Fallen Timbers
War of 1812
House & Senate
68- oldest man then elected to the Presidency
BUT………………..

16. Harrison Dies of Pneumonia
1st President to die in office- caught a cold giving longest inaugural speech

17. Vice President John Tyler
Becomes President- #10
Whig Party
States rights
Independent man
Vetoes Whig bills
Thrown out of party

18. Name the First 10 Presidents