HLTH 5392 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Free Soil Party, Wilmot Proviso, Henry David Thoreau
6 Dec 2016
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1840 william henry harrison (whig) elected. 1836 van buren elected; jackson"s friend. Fails at managing depression, fails to unite democrats. Tries to appear as the common man . Southerner disagrees with most whigs whig party ditches him, cabinet resigns basically no accomplishments. Lesson: parties are more important than platforms and policies. The issue of slavery becomes an even more heated national issue. 1841 john tyler (whig) becomes president with the acquisition of new territories after the mexican war. The period of 1835 1855 is considered the growth of an. American empire no different than other european powers. 1830 mexico annuls existent land contracts, bans further immigration. 1835 santa anna establishes central authority. 1836 1837 americans route santa anna"s army. Americans begin settling in texas (1820s) and arrest) develop land. Mexico allows in hopes of americans to push out natives and. Allowed slavery in texas as exception (s. f. Americans (mostly southern slaveholders) pour into the region.
