Election of 1836

Election of 1836

Depression of 1837 to 1843 Foreign Investments

The Bank of England curtailed the flow of money & credit to the United States American Economy had been stimulated by such foreign investment

Caused local banks to withdraw specie from the circulation Banks Close

Beginning with the Dry Dock Bank of New York City Internal Improvements

States had been extending contracts to build roads, canals, and other internal improvements Nine States defaulted

Statistics Canal Construction dropped 90% Prices rose nearly 50% Unemployment reached almost 50%

“Tippecanoe & Tyler Too!” President Van Buren Blamed

Bank War & the Specie Circular of 1836 Required western settlers to use gold and silver to pay for land purchases

Shipment of Specie to Britain was main cause To pay-off debts

Whigs blamed Van Buren Laissez-Faire Government

President Van Buren advocated limited government Treasury Act of 1840

Delayed recovery Withdrew specie out of Jackson’s “Pet Banks” & deposited it in

government vaults Did no good locked up

Election of 1840 Election of 1840

Whigs learn from losses Nominated the Hero of Tippecanoe

William Henry Harrison of Ohio Puppet for Clay & Webster in Congress

“Tyler Too!” John Tyler of Virginia Truly a Democrat

Split with Jackson occurred w/ Nullification Crisis.

Log Cabin Campaign Whigs projected image of candidate

Hard Cider Drinker Son of wealthy planter & signer

of the Declaration of Independence Van Buren painted as Eastern Aristocrat

Devotee to fancy wines & elegant cloths

Election of 1840 “Tyler Too!”

Hopes of manipulative president die One Month

Tyler truly a Democrat Split in Whig Party allows Democrats to regroup after defeat

American Progress- John Gast (1872)

This April 1836 poster from New Orleans sought volunteers during the Texas War for Independence.

Texas fought and won for independence in 1832-1836

From 1836-1846 the Republic of Texas existed Sam Houston’s sole purpose in life was

to get Texas into the United States of America.

In December 1845 Texas became a state

Texas Independence

Election of 1844

James K. Polk (D) Henry Clay (Whig)

•Promised to annex Texas.•Contested Oregon Territory

in the Northwest.• Vowed to purchase California

Manifest Destiny… One Problem…

President James K. Polk

Both Texas and California were part of Mexico!

Santa Anna President Polk

V.

•Polk and his advisers developed a Three-Pronged attack

•Taylor’s troops would cross the Rio Grande River near the Gulf of Mexico

•Ulysses S. Grant served under Taylor

•Kearny’s troops would take Santa Fe and move on to California

•Scott would take Mexico City by amphibious attack

•Robert E. Lee served under Scott

Mexican-American War

Victory

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo•Mexico gave the United States more than 500,000 square

miles of Territory.

•Mexico also accepted the Rio Grande River as the boarderbetween Texas and Mexico

•The United States paid Mexico $15 million dollars for the land

The Great Awakening’s The First Great Awakening

Period of religious revivalism 1730s & 1740s

Jonathan Edwards’ Sinners in the Hands of an

Angry God Extemporaneous & Itinerant

Preaching Democratic Concepts

Balance in Society Elite & Commoners

Biblical Teachings Equality

Supported Religious Freedom

The Second Great Awakening Period of religious revivalism &

evangelism 1790s to 1840s

Prominent Figures Joseph Smith, Jr.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

John & Charles Wesley Methodist

Campbell’s (Thomas & Alexander) Presbyterian

Reform Movement Temperance Women's rights Abolitionism

Garrison & Evangelical Abolitionism William Lloyd Garrison

Massachusetts born printer The Liberator

Jailed in 1830 for Libel New England merchant engaged

in domestic slave trade. The Liberator

Took radical stance against slavery Condemned the American

Colonization Society Only strengthens Slavery

Rids America of all Freedmen Sought equality for all

Slaves & Women

Theodore Dwight Weld Son of Congregationalist Minister Worked in northern Presbyterian

& Congregationalist churches Published The Bible against

Slavery (1837) American Slavery as It Is:

Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses (1839). “What is the actual condition of

the slaves in the United States?” Sold over 100,000 copies in 1st

year alone.