1. The Jacksonian Era Martin Van Buren The Depression of 1837 The Whig Party The Log Cabin Campaign Tocqueville The Second Great Awakening

2. Party Politics Whig Party: Leader Henry Clay Whig Party: Leader Henry Clay –Opposition to Jackson in 1832 –Strong in 1836: National, high tariff, internal –improvements, BUS, promote econ growth, –North and West, merchants, Protestant Anti-Masonic Party: fear of elite Anti-Masonic Party: fear of elite –First 3 rd Party, first national convention Van Buren: Most skilled party politician Van Buren: Most skilled party politician –“Albany Regency,” Democratic machine

3. Henry Clay of Kentucky Senator, and Whig Leader “The Great Compromiser”

4. Van Buren 1837-1841 Van Buren presidency Van Buren presidency Panic of 1837 Panic of 1837 Democrats: laissez fair approach Democrats: laissez fair approach Whigs: offer economic plan Whigs: offer economic plan Log Cabin Campaign Log Cabin Campaign Henry Harrison and John Tyler: Henry Harrison and John Tyler: –“Tippecanoe and Tyler too!” –Tecumseh’s curse

5. Martin Van Buren: 1837-1841 “The Little Fox”

6. William Henry Harrison: 1840 “Tippecanoe”

7. Log Cabin Campaign 1840

8. Harrison’s Log Cabin

9. Tocqueville: 1831 & 1832 “Democracy in America”

10. Jacksonian Era Culture Alex de Tocqueville: America is… Alex de Tocqueville: America is… –Egalitarian, Religious, Energetic, Money, –Local government, independent, associations –Women isolated, slavery The Second Great Awakening: The Second Great Awakening: –Lyman Beecher and Charles Finney –Turn away from strict Calvinism –Christianity of the heart, free will, emotion –Political change, utopianism