Guided Reading Answer Key
The Bank War
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Wealthy northeasterners
Nicholas Biddle
Andrew Jackson
Biddle’s; Henry Clay and Daniel Webster
Webster
Clay; east
Monster
Roger Taney; pet banks
The Whigs Oppose Jackson
1. Whigs; Jackson
2. Regional; House of Representatives
3. Martin van Buren
The Panic of 1837
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Pet banks; gold and silver
Land
Britain
Calling in loans; bankruptcy
Cotton; 50%
Dropped
Factories; unemployment
Depression; 6 years
Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too
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Van Buren; Democratic Party
Whigs; William Henry Harrison
South; John Tyler
Slogans and name calling; picnics, barbecues, and a general party spirit
Propaganda; van Buren; aristocrat; depression; Harrison; log-cabin candidate; military hero
Harrison; Whigs; pneumonia; Tyler; Whigs; internal improvements and a national bank
Vetoed; national bank; internal improvements; national government
Shaping the Presidency
1. Presidential power; their own personal policies; presidential leadership
2. Democratic politics; popular sentiment (feelings); Civil War