1. Bellringer: D4
Describe what the trail of tears was; was this a travesty? Explain:

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3. U.S. History I Ch. 11.3 Jackson & the Bank
Andrew Jackson and the Bank of the United States were set for a showdown…who would win?
Goals for Today:
Discuss the challenges the U.S. faced economically during the 1830s, especially with the banking industry

4. War Against the U.S. Bank
Pres. Andrew Jackson was not a fan of the Nat’l Bank: Why?
It held the fed. government’s money
It was run by private bankers
Jackson Biddle, the president of the bank, was a wealthy snob.
Henry Clay and Daniel Webster thought that if the bank got an early re-charter, just before the election, and Jackson vetoed it, he’d lose the election. Bank Issue

5. Election of 1832
Henry Clay was right about one thing…the bank WAS a central part of the next election, but not the way he had hoped. Jackson won handily, with 55% of the popular vote, and 77% of the electoral vote, as shown here.

6. 1836 Election
Things went pretty well during Jackson’s last term of office. After paying off the national debt, & killing the National Bank, he decided not to run for a third term. Martin Van Buren, his friend and VP the second time around, became the Democratic candidate. A new party, the Whigs, opposed them, but they were easily defeated in the Election (skip vp):

7. Panic of 1837:
Sadly, 8th Pres. Martin Van Buren didn’t get much time to enjoy his presidency. Two months into his presidency, the U.S. entered a severe economic depression, which is never good:
Panic of 1837
Pres. Van Buren tries to relocate federal money into a new federal treasury, away from the independent banks that Jackson had relied on to destroy the National Bank, so that the government can again control the money instead of indep. bankers. Many democrats felt like Van Buren however had failed. This led to the Election of 1840

8. Bad Luck Presidencies…
Just like Van Buren got a bad hand with the economic recession of 1837, poor 9th Pres. William Harrison died of pneumonia. And so VP John Tyler became president: 10th President: John Tyler
Since he wasn’t very loyal to the Whig Party, he was rejected by the Whig Congress, and he didn’t play along.
He ended up not getting the nomination for the Whigs in 1844, which was Henry Clay, but the infighting of the party ruined that for Clay too, letting James Polk, the Democrat, win that election. We’ll talk about him later…

9. HW:
Finish up your Campaign Ads, and we will be presenting these to the class next time D5! Good luck!
The best ones will win a prize… 

10. HW: Create a Campaign Ad!
The 1828 campaign was so bad, that it was known as the Mudslinging Campaign of 1828.
You’ll get together in pairs, and create two ads: One that is positive in nature about your chosen candidate, and another that negatively portrays the other opponent (aka mudslinging).
You’ll be making short videos in order to do this. One free website that I recommend is
See this example that I made: