Chapter 17: Manifest Destiny And Its Legacy Flashcards
Who became president after Harrison died of pneumonia 30 days after his inauguration?
Vice President John Tyler
Who were the (3) “real” Whig leaders (about 1841)?
“Old Tippecanoe” William Henry Harrison: president elected 1840
Daniel Webster: new Secretary of State
Henry Clay: spokesman in the senate
What party was John Tyler accused of being?
Democrat
“A Democrat in Whig clothing” (372)
What is the financial reform? (p.372)
- Whig congress passed a law ending the independent treasury system with Tyler’s signature
- Clay drove through congress for a bill for a “Fiscal Bank”, which would establish a new Bank of the U.S. (Tyler vetoed this and made people upset)
- Whigs passed another bill a “Fiscal Corporation” (soon vetoed by Tyler)
How did Tyler’s Whig cabinet react with all the vetoing and acts against his party?
They expelled Tyler from the party, attempted to impeach him, they all resigned (except for Daniel Webster)
Whig tariff
Tyler needed to bring additional revenue to the Treasury
P. 372-3
Why did the British travelers hate America(ns)?
Beside the obvious fact of the revolution, Americans were aristocratic, tobacco spitting, slave auctioneering, lynching, rustic republic
Later British magazines enlarged travel books launched attacks on the Yankees
Caroline
1837: An American steamer, was carrying supplies across Niagara River when it was attacked on NY shore by a British force and set vessel on fire
1840: Canadian McLeod boasted in his tavern that he took part in the Carolina raid, was arrested for murder, and was later freed
Creole
1841: British officials in Bahamas offered asylum to 130 VA slaves who rebelled and captured American ship Creole
Later, Br. abolished slavery in its empire in 1834
Maine boundary dispute
- 1840s: Br. wanted to build a road westward from seaport of Halifax to Quebec but it would run through disputed territory (under misleading treaty of 1783)
- Fights emerged at the Aroostook River Valley (“Aroostook War”)
- Webster-Ashburton Treaty: America would obtain 7,000 sq mi of land out of the 12,000 sq mi of disputed land
- Later, Americans found priceless Mesabi iron ore in Minnesota
The Lone Star Republic
- Mexico refused to recognize Texas’ independence and thought of it as a province in revolt
- Texans were outnumbered by the Mexicans so they were forced to make open negotiations with Britain and France as a kind of protective shield.
- 1839 & 40: Texans concluded treaties with France, Holland, and Belgium
- Br. challenged the Monroe Doctrine
Texas
- Fears arose by Br. schemers so Texas became leading issue of pres campaign of 1844
- many hated the idea of annexation while southerns cried “Texas or Disunion”
- Demo James K Polk triumphed over Whigs under Clay
- Tyler interrupted victory with a “mandate” to acquire Texas
- Needed 2/3 vote for a treaty in Senate; arranged for annexation by a joint resolution (simple majority in both houses). Resolution passed in 1845
- Texas 28th state
Oregon Country
-West of Rockies to the Pacific Ocean and north of Cali to the line of 54*40’
-Once all or partly claimed by Spain, Russia, Britain, and U.S.
•Spain retreated by treaty of 1819
•Russia retreated w. treaty of 1824 n 25
-Br. had strong claims to north of Columbia River. Colonizing agency was Hudson’s Bay Company trading fur w. Indians of Pacific Northwest
-Cap. Robert Gray found River in 1792
-Negotiating Treaty of 1818: U.S. wanted o divide land at 49th parallel but Br. wanted Columbia R.
-“Oregon Fever”: people traveling over 2,000 mi on Oregon Trail by wagons and settled to increase pop.
-1845: disputed land Columbia R. on S. & E.; 49th “ll”el on N.; Pac O on W.
