He was admired by many Americans‚ even by some of his staunchest opponents. Some will say that the true measure of a man is by the words of praise that his opponents bestow upon him. Senator Daniel Webster‚ his political opponent‚ defended Jackson during one of the toughest crises that the Jackson administration faced. Jackson not only guided the nation through the Bank War and the Nullification Crisis but also helped strengthen a growing sense of nationalism
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with righteous anger and enraging the South over the North’s perceived theft. Californian demands for admission as a free state alarmed the South‚ which called for a convention in 1850 to decide whether or not to secede. Henry Clay‚ John C. Calhoun‚ and and Daniel Webster
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National Convention at Baltimore‚ Democrats chose General Lewis Cass as their candidate of presidency (pro-slavery) Political Triumphs for General Taylor Whigs met in Philadelphia and chose Zachary Taylor as their candidate for presidency‚ Henry Clay was not chose because he had many enemies The Free Soil Party emerged from antislavery men on the North who didn’t trust Cass or Taylor. (supported internal improvements) They argued that with slavery wage labor would wither away and with it‚ the
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his second term was Henry Clay. John C Calhoun was vice president during Jackson’s first term. Martin Van Buren was the vice president in the second term. Andrew Jackson was part of the democratic party. A. Veto of the Maysville Road Bill(1830) Andrew Jackson vetoed the bill to use federal funds to build a road connecting Lexington and Maysville Kentucky. He stated that it was the states rights to build their own roads not the federal government’s. B. Webster Hayne Debate (1830) The debate was between Daniel Webster and
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THE COMPROMISE OF 1850 A little after the Manifest Destiny‚ the U.S. faced a series of troubles of sectional balances over whether or not the land acquired should be free or slavery states. The Compromise of 1850‚ proposed by Senator Henry Clay‚ included measures that dealt with the land acquired specifically from the Mexican War. Until 1845‚ it had seemed likely that slavery would be confined to the areas where it already existed. It had been given limits by the Missouri Compromise in 1820 and
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Personalities such as Henry Clay‚ Andrew Jackson‚ William H. Crawford‚ and John Quincy Adams were all candidates for president in 1824. This is where the first split began. All four candidates were from the Republican Party. Andrew Jackson won the popular vote but failed to win the majority of the Electoral College. According to the constitution‚ the top three candidates would be voted on in the House of Representatives. Clay was eliminated as he received the 4th amount of votes. Clay used his power as speaker
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all the way to Santa Fe. Finally‚ there was Washington‚ D.C. Not only did the nation’s capital allow slavery‚ it was home to the largest slave market in North America. The U.S senator‚ Henry Clay‚ was determined to take care of all these disputes. He‚ as well as other men like Daniel Webster and John Calhoun‚ sat down and debated a compromise that could resolve all these issue. The compromise became know as the Compromise of 1850. This compromise made four decisions. First‚ the new land from Mexico
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Liu 1 Isabella Liu Social Studies February 12‚ 2014 The Presidency of Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson served two terms as the President of the United States. In those two terms‚ he helped to mold the Democratic party‚ and stayed steadfast to his beliefs in many political showdowns‚ such as the Nullification Crisis‚ the Indian Removal Act‚ and the Bank Wars. Jackson’s determination and stubbornness won him loyal followers and admirers‚ but also many enemies. From the time of his victories in the War of 1812
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than the country as a whole. He vetoed the national bank in favor of a sub-group of pet banks that would be friendlier to the classes of a lower standard (Doc B). Yet Before Jackson even vetoed the bank charter Daniel Webster already had a response ready for Jackson (Doc C). Webster claimed Jackson’s veto of the charter was prejudice. He claimed the populace was being lied to and vetoing the charter was not democratic. Yet‚ Harriet Martineau‚ a British author in 1834‚
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realized that war was imminent. This hostility towards each other did not exist at the start nor did the idea of secession. With the addition of Western territories. The issue of whether or not they were to be free was brought to the floor. Henry Clay engineered the Missouri Compromise‚ which divided the country by 36°30’ line leaving Maine free and Missouri as a slave state. With the country now officially divided the tension grew greater‚ and in Document B the Annual report of the American Anti-Slavery
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