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Chapter 18 John Tyler ? Originally Democrat, ran as a Whig and shot down most Whig legislation. Refused to revive BUS and disapproved funding internal improvements, passed Tariff of 1842. Successfully annexed Texas James Polk ? Democrat, elected as president on Manifest Destiny platform, lowered protective tariff, revived independent treasury, acquired Oregon, seized California in Mexican War Caroline and Creole Incidents British force sink American ship Caroline British officials in the Bahamas offered asylum to 130 Virginia slaves who had rebelled and captured the American ship Creole Aroostook War ? Feuding of lumberjacks, small skirmishes on Maine?s claimed territory of the northern/eastern border that was also claimed by England.

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Chapter 13 The Rise of a Mass Democracy 1824-1840 ? The "Corrupt Bargain" of 1824 There were 4 main "Republican" candidates in the election of 1824:? Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, William Crawford, and Henry Clay. No candidate won the majority of the electoral votes, so, according to the Constitution, the House of Representatives had to choose the winner.? Henry Clay, the Speaker of the House, was thus eliminated although he did have much say in who became president.? Clay convinced the House to elect John Quincy Adams as president.? Adams agreed to make Clay the Secretary of State for getting him into office.? Much of the public felt that a "corrupt bargain" had taken place because Andrew Jackson had received the popular vote.? ? A Yankee Misfit in the White House

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CHAPTER 13: THE RISE OF A MASS DEMOCRACY Answer the terms and the questions for this chapter. The "Corrupt Bargain? or 1824 Know: Andrew Jackson- Andrew Jackson was the general who defeated the British at New Orleans during the war of 1812. He also defeated the Spanish, British, and the Indians when he invaded Florida, something that brought two different types of judgment upon him. He is either known as the Leader of the Poor or as ?King Andrew?. He?s also on the twenty dollar bill. He was greatly favored in the west because his strong opposition against corruption in the government and advocated the spoils system. Henry Clay-

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CHAPTER 13: THE RISE OF A MASS DEMOCRACY Answer the terms and the questions for this chapter. The "Corrupt Bargain? or 1824 Know: Andrew Jackson- Andrew Jackson was the general who defeated the British at New Orleans during the war of 1812. He also defeated the Spanish, British, and the Indians when he invaded Florida, something that brought two different types of judgment upon him. He is either known as the Leader of the Poor or as ?King Andrew?. He?s also on the twenty dollar bill. He was greatly favored in the west because his strong opposition against corruption in the government and advocated the spoils system. Henry Clay-

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CHAPTER 13: THE RISE OF A MASS DEMOCRACY Answer the terms and the questions for this chapter. The "Corrupt Bargain? or 1824 Know: Andrew Jackson- Andrew Jackson was the general who defeated the British at New Orleans during the war of 1812. He also defeated the Spanish, British, and the Indians when he invaded Florida, something that brought two different types of judgment upon him. He is either known as the Leader of the Poor or as ?King Andrew?. He?s also on the twenty dollar bill. He was greatly favored in the west because his strong opposition against corruption in the government and advocated the spoils system. Henry Clay-

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• Chapter 17: Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy o President William Henry Harrison “Old Tippecanoe” – died of pneumonia after only four weeks in office o Daniel Webster – Secretary of State o Henry Clay – uncrowned King of the Whigs and their ablest spokesman in Senate o John Tyler – new president; Virginia gentleman of the old school; stubbornly attached to principle o Accused of being a Democrat in Whig clothing o Whigs put him on ticket to attract the vote of the fringe group of Jeffersonian states’ righters o Whigs wanted financial reform o Whig congress hastened to pass a law ending the independent treasury system, Tyler signed it o Passed a bill for a “Fiscal Bank” which would establish a new Bank of the United States, Tyler vetoed

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