Chapter 17 Notes
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US History [1]
• Chapter 17: Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy
o President William Henry Harrison “Old Tippecanoe” – died of pneumonia after only four weeks in office
o Daniel Webster – Secretary of State
o Henry Clay – uncrowned King of the Whigs and their ablest spokesman in Senate
o John Tyler – new president; Virginia gentleman of the old school; stubbornly attached to principle
o Accused of being a Democrat in Whig clothing
o Whigs put him on ticket to attract the vote of the fringe group of Jeffersonian states’ righters
o Whigs wanted financial reform
o Whig congress hastened to pass a law ending the independent treasury system, Tyler signed it
o Passed a bill for a “Fiscal Bank” which would establish a new Bank of the United States, Tyler vetoed