1. The Jacksonian Impulse
Topic 11
The Jacksonian Impulse

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

3. 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

4. Election of 1836

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

6. 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

7. 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

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

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

10. 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.

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

12. 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)

13. 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.

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

15. 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)

16. 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.

17. VI. Assessing the Jacksonian Years

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

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

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

21. 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.

22. 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.