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• 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
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