Democrats and Whigs
Democrats emphasis on oppurtunity
Spoils System
Whigs call for Economic Union
Anti-Masons
Cultural Issues
Penny-press
German and Irish
Assimilation vs. Removal
Silk Road
Clay's American System
Henry Clay
Speaker of the House, Whig
Pushing for internal improvements
Roads, canals
Proponent of nullification act
States rights vs. federal rights
Panic of 1837
Starts because of speculative fever
High unemployment
Failed road projects
Bread riots
Distribution Act
Distributes land equally, but people aren't making money
Log Cabin Campaign
William Henry Harrison
Starts raining at inauguration speech, he talks for 3 hours
Contracts pneumonia and dies within his first month in office
Ran under common man campaign
Replaced by Tyler
Tyler breaks with Whigs
Flip-flops
Aroostook War
Lumberjacks from America and Canada fighting over timber rights
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Treaty of Wang Hya
Jackson's Legacy
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