Bellringer: D4

Describe what the trail of tears was; was this a travesty? Explain:

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U.S. History ICh. 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

- Look at the presidencies of Jackson, Martin Van Buren, and John Tyler

War Against the U.S. BankPres. Andrew Jackson was not a fan of the Nat’l Bank: Why?

It held the fed. government’s moneyIt was run by private bankersJackson Biddle, the president of the bank, was a wealthy snob.

Henry Clay and Daniel Websterthought that if the bank got an early re-charter, just before the 1832 election, and Jackson vetoed it, he’d lose the election. Bank Issue

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

1836 ElectionThings 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 1836 Election (skip vp):

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

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…

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…

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 www.biteable.com.

See this example that I made: https://app.biteable.com/watch/example-video-1807783/